Psalms 68
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him.
Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; his name is JAH; and exult ye before him.
Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; (Selah)
O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert:
8 The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: [even] yon Sinai [trembled] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.
10 Thy congregation dwelt therein: thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.
11 The Lord giveth the word: the women that publish the tidings are a great host.
The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power.
12 Kings of armies flee, they flee: and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.
13 Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, [as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold?
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings therein, [it was as when] it snoweth in Zalmon.
When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon.
15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; an high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.
The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain.
16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.
Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: the Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.
The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led [thy] captivity captive; thou hast received gifts among men, yea, [among] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [with them].
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation. (Selah)
Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.
20 God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto JEHOVAH the Lord belong the issues from death.
Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.
21 But God shall smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depths of the sea:
The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea:
23 That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from [thine] enemies.
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel.
In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring presents unto thee.
From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.
30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, trampling under foot the pieces of silver; he hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; (Selah)
Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God,
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old; lo, he uttereth his voice, [and that] a mighty voice.
Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power:
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the skies.
Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.
35 O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed be God.
God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.
