May you blow them away like smoke—(A)
    as wax melts(B) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish(C) before God.
But may the righteous be glad
    and rejoice(D) before God;
    may they be happy and joyful.

Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,(E)
    extol him who rides on the clouds[a](F);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.(G)
A father to the fatherless,(H) a defender of widows,(I)
    is God in his holy dwelling.(J)
God sets the lonely(K) in families,[b](L)
    he leads out the prisoners(M) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.(N)

When you, God, went out(O) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,[c](P)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts
  2. Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland
  3. Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.

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