Psalm 68:30-32

Contemporary English Version

³⁰Punish that animal
    that lives in the swamp!^[a]
Punish that nation
whose leaders and people
    are like wild bulls.
Make them come crawling
    with gifts of silver.
Scatter those nations
    that enjoy making war.^[b]
³¹Force the Egyptians to bring
    gifts of bronze;
make the Ethiopians^[c] hurry
    to offer presents.^[d]

³²Now sing praises to God!
Every kingdom on earth,
sing to the Lord!

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Footnotes

68.30 animal … swamp: Probably Egypt.
68.30 war: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 30.
68.31 the Ethiopians: The Hebrew text has “the people of Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.
68.31 presents: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 31.