Psalms68

¹To the choirmaster . A Psalm of David . A Song . God shall arise , his enemies shall be scattered ; and those who hate him shall flee before him!

²As smoke is driven away , so you shall drive them away ; as wax melts before fire , so the wicked shall perish before God !

³But the righteous shall be glad ; they shall exult before God ; they shall be jubilant with joy !

⁴Sing to God , sing praises to his name ; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts ; his name is the Lord; exult before him!

⁵Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation .

⁶God settles the solitary in a home ; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity , but the rebellious dwell in a parched land .

⁷O God , when you went out before your people , when you marched through the wilderness , Selah

⁸the earth quaked , the heavens poured down rain , before God , the One of Sinai , before God , the God of Israel .

⁹Rain in abundance , O God , you shed abroad ; you restored your inheritance as it languished ;

¹⁰your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness , O God , you provided for the needy .

¹¹The Lord gives the word ; the women who announce the news are a great host :

¹²The kings of the armies —they flee , they flee ! The women at home divide the spoil —

¹³though you men lie among the sheepfolds — the wings of a dove covered with silver , its pinions with shimmering gold .

¹⁴When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon .

¹⁵O mountain of God , mountain of Bashan ; O many-peaked mountain , mountain of Bashan !

¹⁶Why do you look with hatred , O many-peaked mountain , at the mount that God desired for his abode , yes , where the Lord will dwell forever ?

¹⁷The chariots of God are twice ten thousand , thousands upon thousands ; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary .

¹⁸You ascended on high , leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men , even among the rebellious , that the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord , who daily bears us up ; God is our salvation . Selah

²⁰Our God is a God of salvation , and to God, the Lord , belong deliverances from death .

²¹But God will strike the heads of his enemies , the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways .

²²The Lord said , I will bring them back from Bashan , I will bring them back from the depths of the sea ,

²³that you may strike your feet in their blood , that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe .

²⁴Your procession is seen , O God , the procession of my God , my King , into the sanctuary —

²⁵the singers in front , the musicians last , between them virgins playing tambourines :

²⁶Bless God in the great congregation , the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain !

²⁷There is Benjamin , the least of them, in the lead , the princes of Judah in their throng , the princes of Zebulun , the princes of Naphtali .

²⁸Summon your power , O God , the power , O God , by which you have worked for us.

²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you.

³⁰Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds , the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples . Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute ; scatter the peoples who delight in war .

³¹Nobles shall come from Egypt ; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God .

³²O kingdoms of the earth , sing to God ; sing praises to the Lord , Selah

³³to him who rides in the heavens , the ancient heavens ; behold , he sends out his voice , his mighty voice .

³⁴Ascribe power to God , whose majesty is over Israel , and whose power is in the skies .

³⁵Awesome is God from his sanctuary ; the God of Israel —he is the one who gives power and strength to his people . Blessed be God !