| Psa. 68:1 |
Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered; / And let those who hate Him flee before Him. |
| Psa. 68:2 |
As smoke is driven away, You will drive [them] away; / As wax melts before fire, / The wicked will perish before God. |
| Psa. 68:3 |
But the righteous will rejoice; they will exult before God / And be glad with rejoicing. |
| Psa. 68:4 |
Sing to God; sing psalms to His name; / Triumph in Him who rides through the deserts-- / For Jah is His name--and exult before Him. |
| Psa. 68:5 |
A Father to the orphans and a Judge for the widows / Is God in His holy habitation. |
| Psa. 68:6 |
God causes the solitary to dwell in a household; / He brings the prisoners forth into prosperity; / But the rebellious dwell in a parched land. |
| Psa. 68:7 |
O God, when You went forth before Your people, / When You marched through the desert, Selah |
| Psa. 68:8 |
The earth trembled, the heavens also dripped, / At the presence of God; / Sinai there [quaked] / At the presence of God, the God of Israel. |
| Psa. 68:9 |
You shed forth bountiful rain, O God; / You confirmed Your inheritance when it languished. |
| Psa. 68:10 |
Your living [flock] dwelt in the land; / In Your goodness You provided for the poor, O God. |
| Psa. 68:11 |
The Lord gives the command; / The women who bear the glad tidings are a great host. |
| Psa. 68:12 |
The kings of the armies flee. / They flee! / And she who abides at home / Divides the spoil. |
| Psa. 68:13 |
Though you lie among the sheepfolds, / There are dove wings covered with silver, / And its pinions, with greenish-yellow gold. |
| Psa. 68:14 |
When the Almighty scattered / The kings in the land, / It snowed on Zalmon. |
| Psa. 68:15 |
O mighty mountain, O mountain of Bashan, / O many-peaked mountain, O mountain of Bashan: |
| Psa. 68:16 |
Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountains, / At the mountain on which God desires to dwell? / Indeed Jehovah will dwell [there] forever. |
| Psa. 68:17 |
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, / Thousands upon thousands; / The Lord is among them, / [As at] Sinai, in the sanctuary. |
| Psa. 68:18 |
You have ascended on high; You have led captive those taken captive; / You have received gifts among men, / Even the rebellious ones also, / That Jehovah God may dwell [among them.] |
| Psa. 68:19 |
Blessed be the Lord, who day by day loads us [with] [good;] / God is our salvation. Selah |
| Psa. 68:20 |
God is to us / A God of deliverance, / And with Jehovah the Lord / Are the goings forth [even] from death. |
| Psa. 68:21 |
Indeed God will smash / The head of His enemies, / The hairy crown / Of him who goes about in his guiltiness. |
| Psa. 68:22 |
The Lord said, I will bring [them] again from Bashan; / I will bring [them] again from the depths of the sea, |
| Psa. 68:23 |
That you may bathe your foot in blood, / That the tongue of your dogs may have their portion from the enemies. |
| Psa. 68:24 |
They have seen Your goings, O God, / The goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary: |
| Psa. 68:25 |
Singers go before; players after; / In the midst of virgins sounding the tambourines. |
| Psa. 68:26 |
Bless God in the congregations, / [Even] Jehovah, [O you who are] of the fountain of Israel. |
| Psa. 68:27 |
There are little Benjamin, who rules them, / [And] the princes of Judah [in] their company, / The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. |
| Psa. 68:28 |
Your God has commanded your strength; / Strengthen, O God, that which You have done for us. |
| Psa. 68:29 |
Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, / Kings will bring a gift to You. |
| Psa. 68:30 |
Rebuke the animals of the reeds, / The herd of the bulls among the calves of the peoples, / Trampling on those who lust after silver; / Scatter the peoples who take delight in war. |
| Psa. 68:31 |
Nobles will come out of Egypt; / Cush will quickly stretch out its hands to God. |
| Psa. 68:32 |
O kingdoms of the earth, / Sing to God, / Sing psalms to the Lord, Selah |
| Psa. 68:33 |
To Him who rides upon the ancient heaven of heavens. / Behold, He utters His voice, a mighty voice. |
| Psa. 68:34 |
Ascribe strength to God; / His excellence is over Israel, / And His strength is in the skies. |
| Psa. 68:35 |
[You are] awesome, O God, from Your sanctuaries. / The God of Israel, He gives strength and power to the people. / Blessed be God! |