Psalm 67-68

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁵ A ^(V)father of the fatherless and a ^(W)judge ^[i]for the widows,
Is God in His ^(X)holy habitation.
⁶ God ^[j](Y)makes a home for the lonely;
He ^(Z)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only ^(AA)the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷ O God, when You ^(AB)went forth before Your people,
When You ^(AC)marched through the wilderness, ^[k]Selah.
⁸ The ^(AD)earth quaked;
The ^(AE)heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
^[l](AF)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹ You ^(AG)shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was ^[m]parched.
¹⁰ Your creatures settled in it;
You ^(AH)provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

¹¹ The Lord gives the ^[n]command;
The ^(AI)women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:
¹² “^(AJ)Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will ^(AK)divide the spoil!”
^13 [o]When you lie down ^(AL)among the ^[p]sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.
¹⁴ When the Almighty ^(AM)scattered the kings ^[q]there,
It was snowing in ^(AN)Zalmon.

¹⁵ A ^[r](AO)mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
¹⁶ Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has ^(AP)desired for His abode?
Surely ^(AQ)the Lord will dwell there forever.
¹⁷ The ^(AR)chariots of God are ^[s]myriads, ^(AS)thousands upon thousands;
^[t]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
¹⁸ You have ^(AT)ascended on high, You have ^(AU)led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that ^[u]the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^(AV)bears our burden,
^(AW)The God who is our salvation. Selah.
²⁰ God is to us a ^(AX)God of deliverances;
And ^(AY)to ^[v]God the Lord belong escapes ^[w]from death.
²¹ Surely God will ^(AZ)shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.
²² The Lord ^[x]said, “^(BA)I will bring them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
²³ That ^[y](BB)your foot may shatter them in blood,
The tongue of your ^(BC)dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴ They have seen ^(BD)Your ^[z]procession, O God,
The ^[aa]procession of my God, my King, ^[ab](BE)into the sanctuary.
²⁵ The ^(BF)singers went on, the musicians after them,
^[ac]In the midst of the ^(BG)maidens beating tambourines.
^26 (BH)Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the ^(BI)fountain of Israel.
²⁷ There is ^(BJ)Benjamin, the ^[ad]youngest, ^[ae]ruling them,
The princes of Judah in their throng,
The princes of ^(BK)Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

^28 [af]Your God has ^(BL)commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, O God, ^(BM)who have acted ^[ag]on our behalf.
^29 [ah]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
^(BN)Kings will bring gifts to You.
³⁰ Rebuke the ^(BO)beasts ^[ai]in the reeds,
The herd of ^(BP)bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
He has ^(BQ)scattered the peoples who delight in war.
³¹ Envoys will come out of ^(BR)Egypt;
^[aj](BS)Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³² Sing to God, O ^(BT)kingdoms of the earth,
^(BU)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah.
³³ To Him who ^(BV)rides upon the ^[ak](BW)highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, ^(BX)He ^[al]speaks forth with His voice, a ^(BY)mighty voice.
^34 (BZ)Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And ^(CA)His strength is in the ^[am]skies.
^35 [an]O God, You are ^(CB)awesome from Your ^[ao]sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself ^(CC)gives strength and power to the people.
^(CD)Blessed be God!