Psalm 66:12-68:18

English Standard Version

¹²you let men ^(A)ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through ^(B)water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

¹³I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
    I will ^(C)perform my vows to you,
¹⁴that which my lips uttered
    and my mouth promised ^(D)when I was in trouble.
¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
    with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

¹⁶^(E)Come and hear, all you who fear God,
    and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth,
    and high praise was on^[a] my tongue.^[b]
¹⁸If I had ^(F)cherished iniquity in my heart,
    ^(G)the Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹But truly ^(H)God has listened;
    he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!

Make Your Face Shine upon Us

To the choirmaster: with ^(I)stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

67 May God ^(J)be gracious to us and bless us
    and make his face to ^(K)shine upon us, Selah
²that ^(L)your way may be known on earth,
    your ^(M)saving power among all nations.
³^(N)Let the peoples praise you, O God;
    let all the peoples praise you!

⁴Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
    for you ^(O)judge the peoples with equity
    and guide the nations upon earth. Selah
⁵^(P)Let the peoples praise you, O God;
    let all the peoples praise you!

⁶The earth has ^(Q)yielded its increase;
God, our God, shall bless us.
⁷God shall bless us;
let ^(R)all the ends of the earth fear him!

God Shall Scatter His Enemies

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

68 ^(S)God shall arise, his enemies shall be ^(T)scattered;
    and those who hate him shall flee before him!
²As ^(U)smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
    ^(V)as wax melts before fire,
    so the wicked shall perish before God!
³But ^(W)the righteous shall be glad;
    they shall exult before God;
    they shall be jubilant with joy!

⁴Sing to God, ^(X)sing praises to his name;
    ^(Y)lift up a song to him who ^(Z)rides through ^(AA)the deserts;
his name is ^(AB)the Lord;
    exult before him!
⁵^(AC)Father of the fatherless and ^(AD)protector of widows
    is God in his holy habitation.
⁶God ^(AE)settles the solitary in a home;
    he ^(AF)leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
    but ^(AG)the rebellious dwell in ^(AH)a parched land.

⁷O God, when you ^(AI)went out before your people,
    ^(AJ)when you marched through ^(AK)the wilderness, Selah
⁸^(AL)the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
    before God, the One of Sinai,
    before God,^[c] the God of Israel.
⁹^(AM)Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
    you restored your inheritance as it languished;
¹⁰your flock^[d] found a dwelling in it;
    in your goodness, O God, you ^(AN)provided for the needy.

¹¹The Lord gives ^(AO)the word;
    ^(AP)the women who announce the news are a great host:
¹²    ^(AQ)“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”
The women at home ^(AR)divide the spoil—
¹³    though you men lie among ^(AS)the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
    its pinions with shimmering gold.
¹⁴When the Almighty scatters kings there,
    let snow fall on ^(AT)Zalmon.

¹⁵O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
    O many-peaked^[e] mountain, mountain of Bashan!
¹⁶Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
    at the mount that God ^(AU)desired for his abode,
    yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
¹⁷^(AV)The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
    thousands upon thousands;
    the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
¹⁸^(AW)You ascended on high,
    ^(AX)leading a host of captives in your train
    and ^(AY)receiving gifts among men,
even among ^(AZ)the rebellious, ^(BA)that the Lord God may dwell there.