Psalms 68

1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme or song of David. God will arise, and his enemies shalbe scattered: they also that hate him, shall flee before him.

Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself. May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face.

2 As the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou driue them away: and as waxe melteth before the fire, so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.

3 But the righteous shalbe glad, and reioyce before God: yea, they shall leape for ioye.

And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.

4 Sing vnto God, and sing prayses vnto his name: exalt him that rideth vpon the heauens, in his Name Iah, and reioyce before him.

Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face,

5 He is a Father of the fatherlesse, and a Iudge of the widowes, euen God in his holy habitation.

the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place.

6 God maketh the solitarie to dwell in families, and deliuereth them that were prisoners in stocks: but the rebellious shall dwell in a dry land.

It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people: when thou wentest through the wildernesse, (Selah)

O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert,

8 The earth shooke, and the heauens dropped at the presence of this God: euen Sinai was moued at the presence of God, euen the God of Israel.

the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel.

9 Thou, O God, sendest a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance, and thou didest refresh it when it was wearie.

You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.

10 Thy Congregation dwelled therein: for thou, O God, hast of thy goodnesse prepared it for the poore.

Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.

11 The Lord gaue matter to the women to tell of the great armie.

The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue.

12 Kings of the armies did flee: they did flee, and she that remained in the house, deuided the spoyle.

The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils.

13 Though ye haue lien among pots, yet shall ye be as the winges of a doue that is couered with siluer, and whose fethers are like yelowe golde.

If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold.

14 When the Almightie scattered Kings in it, it was white as the snowe in Zalmon.

When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon.

15 The mountaine of God is like the mountaine of Bashan: it is an high Mountaine, as mount Bashan.

The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain.

16 Why leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord will dwell in it for euer.

So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.

17 The charets of God are twentie thousande thousand Angels, and the Lord is among them, as in the Sanctuarie of Sinai.

The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.

18 Thou art gone vp on high: thou hast led captiuitie captiue, and receiued giftes for men: yea, euen the rebellious hast thou led, that the Lord God might dwell there.

You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God.

19 Praysed be the Lord, euen the God of our saluation, which ladeth vs dayly with benefites. (Selah)

Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.

20 This is our God, euen the God that saueth vs: and to the Lord God belong the issues of death.

Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.

21 Surely God will wound the head of his enemies, and the hearie pate of him that walketh in his sinnes.

So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.

22 The Lord hath sayde, I will bring my people againe from Bashan: I will bring them againe from the depths of the Sea:

The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea,

23 That thy foote may bee dipped in blood, and the tongue of thy dogges in the blood of the enemies, euen in it.

so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same.

24 They haue seene, O God, thy goings, the goings of my God, and my King, which art in the Sanctuarie.

O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place.

25 The singers went before, the players of instruments after: in the middes were the maides playing with timbrels.

The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels.

26 Praise yee God in the assemblies, and the Lord, ye that are of the fountaine of Israel.

In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel.

27 There was litle Beniamin with their ruler, and the princes of Iudah with their assemblie, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

28 Thy God hath appointed thy strength: stablish, O God, that, which thou hast wrought in vs,

Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.

29 Out of thy Temple vpon Ierusalem: and Kings shall bring presents vnto thee.

Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you.

30 Destroy the company of the spearemen, and multitude of the mightie bulles with the calues of the people, that tread vnder feete pieces of siluer: scatter the people that delite in warre.

Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars.

31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall hast to stretche her hands vnto God.

Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.

32 Sing vnto God, O yee kingdomes of the earth: sing praise vnto the Lord, (Selah)

Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God.

33 To him that rideth vpon ye most high heauens, which were from the beginning: beholde, he will send out by his voice a mightie sound.

He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue.

34 Ascribe the power to God: for his maiestie is vpon Israel, and his strength is in the cloudes.

Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.

35 O God, thou art terrible out of thine holie places: the God of Israel is hee that giueth strength and power vnto the people: praised be God.

God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God.