Psalm 68

¹Let God rise up;

let his enemies scatter;

let those who hate him

²Like smoke is driven away,

Like wax melting before fire,

³But let the righteous be glad

and celebrate before God.

Let them rejoice with gladness!

⁴Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!

The LORD is his name.

⁵Father of orphans and defender of widows

is God in his holy habitation.

⁶God settles the lonely in their homes;

he sets prisoners free with happiness,

but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷When you went forth before your people, God,

⁸the earth shook!

Yes, heaven poured down

before God, the one from Sinai—

before God, the God of Israel!

⁹You showered down abundant rain, God;

when your inheritance grew weary,

you restored it yourself,

¹⁰and your creatures settled in it.

In your goodness, God,

you provided for the poor.

¹¹My Lord gives the command—

many messengers are bringing good news:

¹²“The kings of armies are on the run!

The women back home divide the spoil.

¹³Even if you lie down among the sheepfolds,

there are wings of a dove covered with silver;

its pinions covered in precious gold.”

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered the kings there,[#68.14 Heb Shaddai]

snow fell on Mount Zalmon.

¹⁵Mighty mountain, Mount Bashan;

many-peaked mountain, Mount Bashan!

¹⁶You many-peaked mountain:

Why do you look with envy

at the mountain God desired for his dwelling,

¹⁷God’s chariots are twice ten thousand—

countless thousands!

My Lord came from Sinai into the sanctuary.

¹⁸You ascended the heights,

leading away your captives,

receiving tribute from people,

¹⁹Bless the Lord!

The God of our salvation

supports us day after day! Selah

²⁰Our God is the God of salvation,

and escape from certain death comes through God my LORD .

²¹Yes, God will shatter the heads of his enemies—

the very skulls of those who walk in guilt.

²²My Lord has spoken:

“From Bashan I will bring those people back.

I will bring them back from the ocean’s depths

²⁴They saw your procession, God—

the procession of my God,

my king, into the sanctuary.

²⁵First came the singers,

then the musicians;

between them the young women

²⁶“Bless God in the great congregation;

bless the LORD from Israel’s fountain!”

²⁷There’s Benjamin leading them,

though he’s little;

then the princes of Judah,

their speaker;

then the princes of Zebulun

and the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸Summon your strength, God!

Show how strong you are, God,

³⁰Rebuke the wild animals of the marshland,

the herd of bulls among the calves of the peoples.

Trample those who delight in money;

scatter the peoples who take pleasure in battles.

³¹Let ambassadors come from Egypt;

let Cush stretch out its hands to God.

³²Sing to God, all kingdoms of the earth!

Sing praises to my Lord. Selah

³³Sing to the one who rides through heaven,

the most ancient heaven.

Look! God sends forth his voice,

³⁴Recognize how strong God is!

His majesty extends over Israel;

his strength is in the clouds.

³⁵You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries—

the God of Israel who gives strength and power to his people!

Bless God!