Psalmorum 68
1 Psalmus Cantici David, in finem. Exurgat Deus, et dissipentur inimici eius, et fugiant qui oderunt eum, a facie eius.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Sicut deficit fumus, deficiant: sicut fluit cera a facie ignis, sic pereant peccatores a facie Dei.
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).
3 Et iusti epulentur, et exultent in conspectu Dei: et delectentur in laetitia.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Cantate Deo, psalmum dicite nomini eius: iter facite ei, qui ascendit super occasum: Dominus nomen illi. Exultate in conspectu eius, turbabuntur a facie eius,
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.
5 patris orphanorum, et iudicis viduarum. Deus in loco sancto suo:
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.
6 Deus qui inhabitare facit unius moris in domo: Qui educit vinctos in fortitudine, similiter eos, qui exasperant, qui habitant in sepulchris.
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.
7 Deus cum egredereris in conspectu populi tui, cum pertransires in deserto:
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 Terra mota est, etenim caeli distillaverunt a facie Dei Sinai, a facie Dei Israel.
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.
9 Pluviam voluntariam segregabis Deus hereditati tuae: et infirmata est, tu vero perfecisti eam.
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].
10 Animalia tua habitabunt in ea: parasti in dulcedine tua pauperi, Deus.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus, virtute multa.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 Rex virtutum dilecti dilecti: et speciei domus dividere spolia.
[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].
13 Si dormiatis inter medios cleros, pennae columbae deargentatae, et posteriora dorsi eius in pallore auri.
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.
14 Dum discernit caelestis reges super eam, nive dealbabuntur in Selmon:
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].
15 mons Dei, mons pinguis. Mons coagulatus, mons pinguis:
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 ut quid suspicamini montes coagulatos? Mons, in quo beneplacitum est Deo habitare in eo: etenim Dominus habitabit in finem.
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!
17 Currus Dei decem millibus multiplex, millia laetantium: Dominus in eis in Sina in sancto.
[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].
18 Ascendisti in altum, cepisti captivitatem: accepisti dona in hominibus: Etenim non credentes, inhabitare Dominum Deum.
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.
19 Benedictus Dominus die quotidie: prosperum iter faciet nobis Deus salutarium nostrorum.
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Deus noster, Deus salvos faciendi: et Domini Domini exitus mortis.
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].
21 Verumtamen Deus confringet capita inimicorum suorum: verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis suis.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Dixit Dominus: Ex Basan convertam, convertam in profundum maris:
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].
23 Ut intingatur pes tuus in sanguine: lingua canum tuorum ex inimicis, ab ipso.
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.”
24 Viderunt ingressus tuos Deus, ingressus Dei mei: regis mei qui est in sancto.
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.
25 Praevenerunt principes coniuncti psallentibus, in medio iuvencularum tympanistriarum.
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.
26 In ecclesiis benedicite Deo Domino, de fontibus Israel.
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Ibi Beniamin adolescentulus, in mentis excessu. Principes Iuda, duces eorum: principes Zabulon, principes Nephthali.
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.
28 Manda Deus virtuti tuae: confirma hoc Deus, quod operatus es in nobis.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 A templo tuo in Ierusalem, tibi offerent reges munera.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Increpa feras arundinis, congregatio taurorum in vaccis populorum: ut excludant eos, qui probati sunt argento. Dissipa gentes, quae bella volunt:
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.
31 venient legati ex Aegypto: Aethiopia praeveniet manus eius Deo.
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].
32 Regna terrae, cantate Deo: psallite Domino: psallite Deo.
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 qui ascendit super caelum caeli, ad Orientem. Ecce dabit voci suae vocem virtutis,
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.
34 date gloriam Deo super Israel, magnificentia eius, et virtus eius in nubibus.
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.
35 Mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis, Deus Israel ipse dabit virtutem, et fortitudinem plebi suae, benedictus Deus.
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!
