诗篇 68
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
得胜的凯歌
大卫作的诗，交给乐长。
68 愿上帝起来驱散祂的仇敌，
使恨祂的人四散奔逃。
2 愿你驱散他们，
如风把烟吹散。
愿恶人在上帝面前灭亡，
如蜡在火中熔化。
3 愿义人在上帝面前欢欣快乐，
愿他们高兴欢喜。
4 要歌颂上帝，
赞美祂的名，
要颂扬驾云而行的上帝。
祂的名字是耶和华，
要在祂面前欢喜快乐。
5 住在圣所的上帝是孤儿的父亲，寡妇的保护者。
6 祂使孤苦者有家，
让被囚者欢然脱离牢笼。
但叛逆者要住在干旱之地。
7 上帝啊，
你曾带领你的子民走过荒野。（细拉）
8 那时，在西奈山的上帝面前，
在以色列的上帝面前，
大地震动，诸天降雨。
9 上帝啊，你降下沛雨，
滋润你干旱的产业——以色列，
10 让你的子民得以安居在那里。
上帝啊，
你满怀恩慈地供养穷苦人。
11 主下达命令，
成群的妇女便奔走相告：
12 “众王和他们的军队逃走了，逃走了！”
以色列的妇女都在分战利品。
13 即使羊圈里的看羊人也披金戴银，
就像鸽子镀银的翅膀和金光闪闪的羽毛。
14 全能的上帝驱散了众王，
势如大雪洒落在撒们。
15 巴珊的山巍峨雄壮，群峰耸立。
16 崇山峻岭啊，
你们为何嫉妒地盯着上帝选为居所的山，
耶和华永远居住的地方呢？
17 上帝带着千千万万的战车从西奈山来到祂的圣所。
18 你升上高天时，
带着许多俘虏；
你接受了众人的礼物，
甚至叛逆者的礼物。
耶和华上帝就住在那里。
19 要称颂主，
称颂我们的救主上帝，
祂天天背负我们的重担。（细拉）
20 我们的上帝是拯救的上帝，
主耶和华救我们脱离死亡。
21 上帝必打碎仇敌的头颅，
敲破怙恶不悛者的脑袋。
22 主说：
“我要把他们从巴珊带回来，
从深海带回来，
23 好让你们的脚从他们的血泊中踩过，
你们的狗也可以吃他们的肉。”
24 上帝啊，你的队伍已经出现；
我的上帝，我的王啊，
你的队伍进了圣所，
25 歌唱的在前，奏乐的殿后，
摇手鼓的少女居中。
26 要在大会中赞美上帝，
以色列的会众都要赞美耶和华。
27 最小的便雅悯支派在前领路，
后面跟着大群的犹大首领，
还有西布伦和拿弗他利的首领。
28 上帝啊，求你施展你的权能；
上帝啊，求你像以前一样为我们彰显你的力量。
29 君王都带着礼物来到你耶路撒冷的圣殿。
30 求你斥责那芦苇中的野兽，
斥责成群的公牛和列邦的牛犊，
使他们俯首献上贡银。
求你驱散好战的列邦。
31 埃及的使节来朝见，
古实也要归降上帝。
32 世上的列国啊，
要向上帝歌唱，
你们要歌颂主，
33 歌颂凌驾在万古穹苍之上的主。
听啊，祂声如雷鸣。
34 你们要传扬上帝的大能，
祂的威荣普照以色列，
祂的权能彰显于穹苍。
35 上帝啊，你在圣所中令人敬畏。
以色列的上帝把力量和权能赐给祂的子民。
上帝当受称颂！
Psalm 68
EasyEnglish Bible
This psalm is a song that David wrote for the music leader.
God will win![a]
68 God will rise up
and he will chase his enemies away!
The people who hate him
will quickly run away from him![b]
2 God, blow them away,
as wind blows smoke away.
Destroy those wicked people,
as wax melts near a fire!
3 But righteous people will be happy,
when they come near to you.
They will shout with joy,
because they are so happy!
4 Sing songs to God!
Sing to praise his name!
He is the one who rides on the clouds,
so praise him aloud!
His name is the Lord!
Shout with joy to worship him!
5 God is a father for those who have no father.
He takes care of widows.
He rules from his holy home.
6 God gives homes and a family to lonely people.
He makes prisoners go free
so that they are happy.
But people who turn against him
have to live in a hot, dry land.[c]
7 God, you led your people out.
You took them across the desert.
Selah.
8 Then the ground shook,
and rain poured down from the sky.
You showed your power at Sinai mountain.
You are the God who rules at Sinai.[d]
You are the God that Israel's people serve.
9 God, you caused much rain to fall
on your special land.
You made it fresh again
when it had been dry.[e]
10 Your own people came to live in it.
God, because you are kind,
you gave many good things to poor people.
11 The Lord gives a command!
Very many women take his message to other places.
12 Kings with large armies quickly run away.
Yes, they run away!
The women at home share the valuable things
that the armies have left behind.
13 Even those who stayed to take care of the sheep
found valuable things,
like a dove with silver wings
and bright gold feathers.[f]
14 When the Almighty God chased away foreign kings,
it was like snow that fell on Mount Zalmon.
15 Bashan mountain is great, like God.
It has many high rocks.
16 You high mountains, why are you jealous
when you look at Zion mountain?
That is the mountain where God has chosen to live.
Yes, that is where the Lord will live for ever!
17 God has millions of chariots.
The Lord has come from Sinai mountain
to his own holy place.
18 When you went up to the highest place,
you took many prisoners with you.
You received gifts from men,
even from the men who had fought against you.
Yes, the Lord God lives there!
19 Praise the Lord, as he deserves!
Every day he helps us with our troubles.
He is the God who keeps us safe!
Selah.
20 Our God is the God who rescues people.
The Almighty Lord saves us from death.
21 He will knock down the heads of his enemies.
He will destroy their skulls and their long hair,
if they continue to turn against him.
22 The Lord says, ‘I will bring my enemies back from Bashan,
even from deep down in the sea.
23 Then you can wash your feet in their blood.
Your dogs can have as much as they want!’[g]
24 God, you are my God and my King.
People will see the great crowd that goes with you,
as you go to your holy temple.
25 The singers will march in front.
The musicians will follow them.
Young women will be with them
as they beat their tambourines.
26 They all sing,
‘Praise God, all you crowd of people!
All you people of Israel,
praise the Lord!’
27 Benjamin, the smallest tribe, will lead them all.
The leaders of Judah, with their big group, will follow.
Then will come the leaders of Zebulun and Naphtali.[h]
28 God has commanded that you should be strong.
God, please show again how strong you are,
as you have used your strength to help us in past times.
29 As you live in your temple in Jerusalem,
kings will bring gifts to you.
30 Speak against your enemies!
Some are like wild animals that live in the reeds.[i]
Some are proud nations,
like bulls among their young cows.
They must be humble and offer to you
gifts of valuable silver things.
Chase away those nations that like to fight wars.
31 Egypt's leaders will come with gifts.
People will come from Cush
and they will agree to serve God.[j]
32 All you kingdoms of the earth,
sing to God!
Yes, sing to praise the Lord!
Selah.
33 He is the one who rides in the sky,
as he has done from the beginning of time.
Listen! He shouts with a powerful voice.
34 Agree that God is very powerful!
He is the King who rules over Israel.
He shows his power in the skies.
35 God, how great you are,
as you come from your holy temple!
He is the God of Israel.
He gives power to his people,
and he makes them strong.
Praise God as he deserves!
Footnotes
- 68:1 This psalm is in 4 parts:
Verses 1-6 tell us about God and what he does for people.
Verses 7-18 tell us about God leading his people from Egypt to Canaan.
Verses 19-31 tell us more about God.
Verses 32-35 tell us to praise God for what he has done. - 68:1 See Numbers 10:35.
- 68:6 The hot, dry land is a place where it is very difficult to live, like a desert.
- 68:8 God came to Sinai mountain after he led his people out of Egypt. There he gave his special commands to Moses, for the Israelites to obey.
- 68:9 When the Israelites reached the special land, God sent rain to make their food plants grow.
- 68:13 The dove may be a valuable model made to look like a dove. Or it may be beautiful clothes that the women could wear.
- 68:23 David's people will win against their enemies.
- 68:27 Benjamin, Judah, Zebulun and Naphtali were four tribes that were descendants of Jacob's sons. There were 12 tribes in the people of Israel.
- 68:30 The wild animals that live in the reeds might be hippopotami, or crocodiles.
- 68:31 Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan, today.
Psalm 68
King James Version
68 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
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