AB - Psalms - 68

68:1  Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Him flee from before Him.

68:2  As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God.

68:3  But let the righteous rejoice; let them exalt before God: let them be delighted with joy.

68:4  Sing to God, sing praises to His name: make a way for Him that rides upon the west (the Lord is His name) and rejoice before Him. They shall be troubled before the face of Him,

68:5  who is the Father of the orphans, and Judge of the widows; such is God in His holy place.

68:6  God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.

68:7  O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You went through the wilderness; Pause:

68:8  the earth quaked; yea, the heavens dropped water at the presence of the God of Sinai, at the presence of the God of Israel.

68:9  O God, You will grant to Your inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but You have refreshed it.

68:10  Your creatures dwell in it; You have in Your goodness prepared for the poor.

68:11  The Lord God will give a word to them that preach it in a great company.

68:12  The king of the forces of the beloved will even grant them for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils.

68:13  Even if you should lie among the lots, you shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with yellow gold.

68:14  When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it, they shall be made snow-white in Zalmon.

68:15  The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a swelling mountain, a rich mountain.

68:16  Why do you conceive evil, you swelling mountains? This is the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

68:17  The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones; the Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the holy place.

68:18  You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive, You have received gifts among men, yea, for they were rebellious, that You might dwell among them.

68:19  Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall prosper us. Pause.

68:20  Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death.

68:21  But God shall crust the heads of His enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses.

68:22  The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring My people again through the depths of the sea.

68:23  That your foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of your dogs be stained with that of your enemies.

68:24  Your goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the King, in the sanctuary.

68:25  The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels.

68:26  Praise God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountains of Israel.

68:27  There is Benjamin the younger one in ecstasy, the princes of Judah their rulers, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

68:28  O God, command Your strength; strengthen, O God, that which You have done in us.

68:29  Because of Your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to You.

68:30  Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed; let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out; scatter the nations that wish for wars.

68:31  Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God.

68:32  Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. Pause.

68:33  Sing to God that rides on the heaven of heavens, eastward: lo, He will utter a mighty sound with His voice.

68:34  Give glory to God: His excellency is over Israel, and His power is in the clouds.

68:35  God is wonderful in His holy places, the God of Israel; He will give power and strength to His people; blessed be God.