תהילים 68
| למנצח לדוד מזמור שיר ב יקום אלהים יפוצו אויביו וינוסו משנאיו מפניו | 1 |
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
| כהנדף עשן תנדף כהמס דונג מפני-אש-- יאבדו רשעים מפני אלהים | 2 |
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
| וצדיקים--ישמחו יעלצו לפני אלהים וישישו בשמחה | 3 |
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
| שירו לאלהים-- זמרו שמו סלו לרכב בערבות--ביה שמו ועלזו לפניו | 4 |
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
| אבי יתומים ודין אלמנות-- אלהים במעון קדשו | 5 |
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
| אלהים מושיב יחידים ביתה-- מוציא אסירים בכושרות אך סוררים שכנו צחיחה | 6 |
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
| אלהים--בצאתך לפני עמך בצעדך בישימון סלה | 7 |
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
| ארץ רעשה אף-שמים נטפו-- מפני אלהים זה סיני-- מפני אלהים אלהי ישראל | 8 |
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
| גשם נדבות תניף אלהים נחלתך ונלאה אתה כוננתה | 9 |
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
| חיתך ישבו-בה תכין בטובתך לעני אלהים | 10 |
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
| אדני יתן-אמר המבשרות צבא רב | 11 |
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
| מלכי צבאות ידדון ידדון ונות-בית תחלק שלל | 12 |
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
| אם-תשכבון בין שפתים כנפי יונה נחפה בכסף ואברותיה בירקרק חרוץ | 13 |
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
| בפרש שדי מלכים בה-- תשלג בצלמון | 14 |
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
| הר-אלהים הר-בשן הר גבננים הר-בשן | 15 |
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
| למה תרצדון-- הרים גבננים ההר--חמד אלהים לשבתו אף-יהוה ישכן לנצח | 16 |
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
| רכב אלהים רבתים אלפי שנאן אדני בם סיני בקדש | 17 |
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
| עלית למרום שבית שבי-- לקחת מתנות באדם ואף סוררים לשכן יה אלהים | 18 |
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
| ברוך אדני יום יום יעמס-לנו--האל ישועתנו סלה | 19 |
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
| האל לנו אל למושעות וליהוה אדני--למות תצאות | 20 |
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
| אך-אלהים--ימחץ ראש איביו קדקד שער--מתהלך באשמיו | 21 |
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
| אמר אדני מבשן אשיב אשיב ממצלות ים | 22 |
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
| למען תמחץ רגלך--בדם לשון כלביך--מאיבים מנהו | 23 |
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
| ראו הליכותיך אלהים הליכות אלי מלכי בקדש | 24 |
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
| קדמו שרים אחר נגנים בתוך עלמות תופפות | 25 |
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
| במקהלות ברכו אלהים אדני ממקור ישראל | 26 |
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
| שם בנימן צעיר רדם--שרי יהודה רגמתם שרי זבלון שרי נפתלי | 27 |
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
| צוה אלהיך עזך עוזה אלהים--זו פעלת לנו | 28 |
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
| מהיכלך על-ירושלם-- לך יובילו מלכים שי | 29 |
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
| גער חית קנה עדת אבירים בעגלי עמים-- מתרפס ברצי-כסף בזר עמים קרבות יחפצו | 30 |
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
| יאתיו חשמנים מני מצרים כוש תריץ ידיו לאלהים | 31 |
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
| ממלכות הארץ שירו לאלהים זמרו אדני סלה | 32 |
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
| לרכב בשמי שמי-קדם-- הן יתן בקולו קול עז | 33 |
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
| תנו עז לאלהים על-ישראל גאותו ועזו בשחקים | 34 |
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
| נורא אלהים ממקדשיך אל ישראל-- הוא נתן עז ותעצמות לעם ברוך אלהים | 35 |
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
