Psalm 68

New American Standard Bible

The God of Sinai and of the Sanctuary.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

68 ^[a]Let ^(A)God arise, ^[b]let His enemies be scattered,
And ^[c]let those who hate Him flee before Him.
²As ^(B)smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As ^(C)wax melts before the fire,
So let the ^(D)wicked perish before God.
³But let the ^(E)righteous be glad; let them exult before God;
Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
⁴Sing to God, ^(F)sing praises to His name;
^[d]^(G)Lift up a song for Him who ^(H)rides through the deserts,
Whose ^(I)name is ^[e]the Lord, and exult before Him.

⁵A ^(J)father of the fatherless and a ^(K)judge ^[f]for the widows,
Is God in His ^(L)holy habitation.
⁶God ^[g]^(M)makes a home for the lonely;
He ^(N)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only ^(O)the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷O God, when You ^(P)went forth before Your people,
When You ^(Q)marched through the wilderness, ^[h]Selah.
⁸The ^(R)earth quaked;
The ^(S)heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
^[i]^(T)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹You ^(U)shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was ^[j]parched.
¹⁰Your creatures settled in it;
You ^(V)provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

¹¹The Lord gives the ^[k]command;
The ^(W)women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:
¹²“^(X)Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will ^(Y)divide the spoil!”
¹³^[l]When you lie down ^(Z)among the ^[m]sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.
¹⁴When the Almighty ^(AA)scattered the kings ^[n]there,
It was snowing in ^(AB)Zalmon.

¹⁵A ^[o]^(AC)mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
¹⁶Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has ^(AD)desired for His abode?
Surely ^(AE)the Lord will dwell there forever.
¹⁷The ^(AF)chariots of God are ^[p]myriads, ^(AG)thousands upon thousands;
^[q]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
¹⁸You have ^(AH)ascended on high, You have ^(AI)led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that ^[r]the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^(AJ)bears our burden,
^(AK)The God who is our salvation. Selah.
²⁰God is to us a ^(AL)God of deliverances;
And ^(AM)to ^[s]God the Lord belong escapes ^[t]from death.
²¹Surely God will ^(AN)shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.
²²The Lord ^[u]said, “^(AO)I will bring them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
²³That ^[v]^(AP)your foot may shatter them in blood,
The tongue of your ^(AQ)dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴They have seen ^(AR)Your ^[w]procession, O God,
The ^[x]procession of my God, my King, ^[y]^(AS)into the sanctuary.
²⁵The ^(AT)singers went on, the musicians after them,
^[z]In the midst of the ^(AU)maidens beating tambourines.
²⁶^(AV)Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the ^(AW)fountain of Israel.
²⁷There is ^(AX)Benjamin, the ^[aa]youngest, ^[ab]ruling them,
The princes of Judah in their throng,
The princes of ^(AY)Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸^[ac]Your God has ^(AZ)commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, O God, ^(BA)who have acted ^[ad]on our behalf.
²⁹^[ae]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
^(BB)Kings will bring gifts to You.
³⁰Rebuke the ^(BC)beasts ^[af]in the reeds,
The herd of ^(BD)bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
He has ^(BE)scattered the peoples who delight in war.
³¹Envoys will come out of ^(BF)Egypt;
^[ag]^(BG)Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³²Sing to God, O ^(BH)kingdoms of the earth,
^(BI)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah.
³³To Him who ^(BJ)rides upon the ^[ah]^(BK)highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, ^(BL)He ^[ai]speaks forth with His voice, a ^(BM)mighty voice.
³⁴^(BN)Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And ^(BO)His strength is in the ^[aj]skies.
³⁵^[ak]O God, You are ^(BP)awesome from Your ^[al]sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself ^(BQ)gives strength and power to the people.
^(BR)Blessed be God!