Psaltaren 68
1 En Psalmvisa Davids, till att föresjunga. Gud stånde upp, att hans fiender måga förströdde varda, och de honom hata, fly för honom.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Fördrif dem, såsom en rök fördrifven varder; såsom vax försmälter för eld, så förgånge de ogudaktige för Gudi.
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 Men de rättfärdige fröjde sig, och vare glade för Gudi, och fröjde sig af hjertat.
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 Sjunger Gudi, lofsjunger hans Namne; görer honom väg, som sakta framfar; han heter Herren; och glädjens för honom.
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 Den en fader är åt faderlösa, och en domare för enkom; han är Gud i sin helga boning;
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 En Gud, som dem ensammom gifver huset fullt med barn; den der fångar utförer i rättom tid, och låter de affälliga blifva i det torra.
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 Gud, då du utdrogst för ditt folk, då du gick i öknene; (Sela)
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 Då bäfvade jorden, och himlarna dröpo för denna Guden i Sinai; för Gudi, som Israels Gud är.
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 Men nu gifver du, Gud, ett nådeligit regn; och ditt arf, det torrt är, vederqvicker du;
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 Att din djur måga bo deruti. Gud, du vederqvicker de elända med dine godhet.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Herren gifver ordet, med en stor Evangelisters skara.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 Konungarna för härarna äro med hvarannan vänner, och husäran utskifter rofvet.
[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 När I liggen i markene, så glimmar det såsom dufvovingar, hvilke såsom silfver och guld glittra.
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 När den Allsmägtige allestäds ibland dem Konungar sätter, så varder klart, der mörkt är.
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 Guds berg är ett fruktsamt berg, ett stort och fruktsamt berg.
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Hvi springen I, stor berg? Gud hafver lust till att bo på detta berget, och Herren blifver der ock evinnerliga.
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 Guds vagn är mång tusende tusend. Herren är ibland dem på det helga Sinai.
[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 Du hafver farit upp i höjdena, och hafver fångat fängelset; du hafver undfått gåfvor för menniskorna; de affällige ock, att Herren Gud skall ändå likväl blifva der.
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 Lofvad vare Herren dagliga. Gud lägger oss ena bördo uppå; men han hjelper oss ock. (Sela)
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Vi hafve en Gud, en Gud, den der hjelper, och Herran, Herran, den ifrå döden frälsar.
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 Men Gud skall sönderslå hufvudet på sina fiendar, samt med deras hjessa, som blifva i deras synder.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Dock säger Herren: Jag vill hemta somliga ibland de feta; utu hafsens djup vill jag somliga hemta.
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 Derföre skall din fot uti fiendernas blod färgad varda, och dine hundar skola det slicka.
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 Man ser, Gud, huru du går; huru du, min Gud och Konung, i helgedomenom går.
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 De sångare gå framföre, der näst de spelmän, ibland pigor som slå på trummor.
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 Lofver Herran Gud i församlingomen, för Israels brunn.
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Der är rådandes ibland dem den litsle BenJamin, Juda Förstar, med deras hopar, Sebulons Förstar, Naphthali Förstar.
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 Din Gud hafver upprättat ditt rike, det stärk, Gud, i oss; ty det är ditt verk.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 För ditt tempels skull i Jerusalem, skola Konungar föra dig skänker.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Straffa djuret i rören, oxahoparna ibland deras kalfvar, de der drifva för penningars skull. Han förströr de folk, som gerna örliga.
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 De Förstar utur Egypten skola komma; Ethiopien skall utsträcka sina händer till Gud.
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 I Konungariken på jordene, sjunger Gudi; lofsjunger Herranom. (Sela)
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 Den der vistas i himmelen, allestädes af begynnelsen; si, han skall gifva sino dundre kraft.
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 Gifver Gudi magten; hans härlighet är i Israel, och hans magt i skyn.
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 Gud är underlig i sinom helgedom; han är Israels Gud, han skall gifva folkena magt och kraft. Lofvad vare Gud.
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!
