Psalms, 68

To the director. Of David. A melody, a song.

¹ Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, And let those who intensely hate him flee because of him.

² As smoke is driven away, may you drive [them] away; As wax melts because of the fire, Let the wicked ones perish from before God.

³ But as for the righteous, let them rejoice, Let them be elated before God, And let them exult with rejoicing.

⁴ Sing YOU to God, make melody to his name; Raise up [a song] to the One riding through the desert plains As Jah,^*1 which is his name; and jubilate before him;

⁵ A father of fatherless boys and a judge of widows Is God in his holy dwelling.

⁶ God is causing the solitary ones to dwell in^*1 a house; He is bringing forth prisoners into full prosperity. However, as for the stubborn, they have to reside in a scorched land.

⁷ O God, when you went forth before your people, When you marched through the desert—Seʹlah—

⁸ The earth itself rocked, Heaven itself also dripped because of God; This Siʹnai [rocked] because of God, the God of Israel.

⁹ A copious downpour you began causing to fall, O God; Your inheritance, even when it was weary—you yourself reinvigorated it.

¹⁰ Your tent community—they have dwelt in it; With your goodness you proceeded to make it ready for the afflicted one, O God.

¹¹ Jehovah^*1 himself gives the saying; The women telling the good news are a large army.

¹² Even the kings of armies flee, they flee. As for her who abides at home, she shares in the spoil.

¹³ Although YOU men kept lying between the [camp] ash heaps,^*1 There will be the wings of a dove covered with silver And its pinions with yellowish-green gold.^*2

¹⁴ When the Almighty One^*1 scattered^*2 abroad the kings in it,^*3 It began to snow in Zalʹmon.

¹⁵ The mountainous region^*1 of Baʹshan is a mountain of God;^*2 The mountainous region of Baʹshan is a mountain of peaks.

¹⁶ Why do YOU, O YOU mountains of peaks, keep watching enviously The mountain that God has desired for himself to dwell in? Even Jehovah himself will reside [there] forever.

¹⁷ The war chariots of God are in tens of thousands, thousands over and over again. Jehovah himself has come from Siʹnai^*1 into the holy place.

¹⁸ You have ascended on high; You have carried away captives; You have taken gifts in the form of men,^*1 Yes, even the stubborn ones, to reside [among them], O Jah^*2 God.^*3

¹⁹ Blessed be Jehovah,^*1 who daily carries the load for us, The [true] God of our salvation. Seʹlah.

²⁰ The [true] God is for us a God^*1 of saving acts; And to Jehovah the Sovereign Lord belong the ways out^*2 from death.

²¹ Indeed God himself will break the head of his enemies in pieces, The hairy crown of the head of anyone walking about in his guiltiness.

²² Jehovah^*1 has said: “From Baʹshan I shall bring back, I shall bring [them] back from^*2 the depths of the sea,

²³ In order that you may wash^*1 your foot in blood, That the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from the enemies.”

²⁴ They have seen your processions, O God, The processions of my God,^*1 my King, into the holy place.

²⁵ The singers went in front, the players on stringed instruments after them; In between were the maidens beating tambourines.

²⁶ In congregated throngs^*1 bless God, Jehovah,^*2 [O YOU who are] from the Source of Israel.

²⁷ There is little Benjamin subduing them, The princes of Judah with their shouting crowd, The princes of Zebʹu·lun, the princes of Naphʹta·li.

²⁸ Your God has laid command upon your strength. Do show strength, O God, you who have acted for us.

²⁹ Because of your temple at Jerusalem, Kings will bring gifts to you yourself.

³⁰ Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the assembly of bulls,^*1 With the calves of the peoples, each one stamping down on pieces of silver. He has scattered^*2 the peoples that take delight in fights.

³¹ Bronzeware things^*1 will come out of Egypt; Cush^*2 itself will quickly stretch out its hands [with gifts] to God.

³² O YOU kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, Make melody to Jehovah^*1—Seʹlah—

³³ To the One riding on the ancient heaven of heavens. Lo! He sounds with his voice, a strong voice.

³⁴ ASCRIBE strength to God. Over Israel his eminence is and his strength is in the clouds.

³⁵ God is fear-inspiring out of your grand sanctuary.^*1 The God of Israel^*2 he is, giving strength, even might to the people. Blessed be God.