God (A)settles the solitary in a home;
    he (B)leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
    but (C)the rebellious dwell in (D)a parched land.

O God, when you (E)went out before your people,
    (F)when you marched through (G)the wilderness, Selah
(H)the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
    before God, the One of Sinai,
    before God,[a] the God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:8 Or before God, even Sinai before God

God sets the lonely(A) in families,[a](B)
    he leads out the prisoners(C) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.(D)

When you, God, went out(E) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,[b](F)
the earth shook,(G) the heavens poured down rain,(H)
    before God, the One of Sinai,(I)
    before God, the God of Israel.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland
  2. Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.