Psalms 68
1 To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.
Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face.
2 As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.
As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But the righteous shall rejoice: they shall exult before God and be glad with joy.
And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.
4 Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him.
Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:
6 God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched [land].
God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness (Selah)
O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert:
8 The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.
Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.
10 Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!
In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.
11 The Lord gives the word: great the host of the publishers.
The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power.
12 Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.
13 Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, [ye shall be as] wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.
When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon.
15 [As] mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, [as] mount Bashan.
The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain.
16 Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell [there] for ever.
Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.
The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even [for] the rebellious, for the dwelling [there] of Jah Elohim.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God.
19 Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us [with good], the God who is our salvation. (Selah)
Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.
20 Our God is the God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth [even] from death.
Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.
21 Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.
But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depth of the sea;
The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea:
23 That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.
26 In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord, — [ye] from the fountain of Israel.
In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.
30 Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: [every one] submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:
31 Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God.
Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.
32 Ye kingdoms of the earth, sing unto God; sing psalms of the Lord, (Selah)
Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God,
33 Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.
Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power:
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.
35 Terrible art thou, O God, out of thy sanctuaries, — the God of Israel! He it is that giveth strength and might unto the people. Blessed be God!
God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.
