Psalms 68

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM. A SONG OF DAVID. God rises [and] His enemies are scattered! And those hating Him flee from His face.

2 You drive them away as the driving away of smoke, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.

3 And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they rejoice with gladness.

4 Sing to God—praise His Name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In YAH [is] His Name, and exult before Him.

5 Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, [Is] God in His holy habitation.

6 God—causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only—the stubborn have inhabited a dry place.

7 O God, in Your going forth before Your people, In Your stepping through the wilderness, (Selah)

8 The earth has shaken, Indeed, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai—before God, the God of Israel.

9 You shake out a shower of free-will gifts, O God. Your inheritance, when it has been weary, You have established it.

10 Your creature has dwelt in it, You prepare for the poor in Your goodness, O God.

11 The Lord gives the saying, The female proclaimers [are] a numerous host.

12 Kings of hosts utterly flee away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportions spoil.

13 Though you lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

14 When the Mighty spreads kings in it, it snows in Salmon.

15 A hill of God [is] the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights [is] the hill of Bashan.

16 Why do you envy, O high hills, The hill God has desired for His seat? YHWH also dwells forever.

17 The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

18 You have ascended on high, You have taken captivity captive, You have taken gifts for men, That even the stubborn may rest, O YAH God.

19 Blessed [is] the Lord, day by day He lays on us. God Himself [is] our salvation. (Selah)

20 God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, And YHWH Lord has the outgoings of death.

21 Only—God strikes The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.

22 The Lord said: “From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea.

23 So that you dash your foot In the blood of enemies—the tongue of Your dogs.”

24 They have seen Your goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.

25 Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on instruments, Virgins playing with timbrels in the midst.

26 In assemblies bless God, The Lord—from the fountain of Israel.

27 There [is] little Benjamin, their ruler, Heads of Judah their defense, Heads of Zebulun—heads of Naphtali.

28 Your God has commanded your strength, Be strong, O God, You have worked this for us.

29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, Kings bring a present to You.

30 Rebuke a beast of the reeds, a herd of bulls, With calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of silver, You scatter peoples delighting in conflicts.

31 Fat ones come out of Egypt, Cush causes her hands to run to God.

32 Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, Praise the Lord! (Selah)

33 To Him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Behold, He gives with His voice a strong voice.

34 Ascribe strength to God, His excellence [is] over Israel, and His strength in the clouds.

35 Fearful, O God, out of Your sanctuaries, The God of Israel Himself, Giving strength and might to the people. Blessed [is] God!