Psalms 68

1 Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself. May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face.

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

2 Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3 And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

4 Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face,

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rides upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

5 the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

6 It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.

God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

7 O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert,

O God, when you went forth before your people, when you did march through the wilderness; (Selah)

8 the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel.

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9 You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.

You, O God, did send a plentiful rain, whereby you did confirm your inheritance, when it was weary.

10 Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.

Your congregation has dwelt therein: you, O God, have prepared of your goodness for the poor.

11 The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

12 The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils.

Kings of armies did flee swiftly: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

13 If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold.

Though all of you have lien among the pots, yet shall all of you be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

14 When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

15 The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain.

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

16 So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.

Why leap all of you, all of you high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

17 The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

18 You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God.

You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

19 Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. (Selah)

20 Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

21 So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goes on still in his trespasses.

22 The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea,

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

23 so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same.

That your foot may be dipped in the blood of your enemies, and the tongue of your dogs in the same.

24 O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place.

They have seen your activities, O God; even the activities of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

25 The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels.

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

26 In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel.

Bless all of you God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

27 In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

28 Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.

Your God has commanded your strength: strengthen, O God, that which you have wrought for us.

29 Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you.

Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto you.

30 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars.

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter you the people that delight in war.

31 Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

32 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God.

Sing unto God, all of you kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; (Selah)

33 He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue.

To him that rides upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he does send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

34 Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.

Ascribe all of you strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

35 God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God.

O God, you are terrible out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.