Psalm 68:1-20

Common English Bible

⁵ Father of orphans and defender of widows
    is God in his holy habitation.
⁶ God settles the lonely in their homes;
    he sets prisoners free with happiness,^[a]
    but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷ When you went forth before your people, God,
        when you marched through the wasteland, Selah
⁸     the earth shook!
Yes, heaven poured down
    before God, the one from Sinai—
    before God, the God of Israel!
⁹ You showered down abundant rain, God;
    when your inheritance grew weary,
    you restored it yourself,
¹⁰     and your creatures settled in it.
In your goodness, God,
    you provided for the poor.

¹¹ My Lord gives the command—
    many messengers are bringing good news:
¹² “The kings of armies are on the run!
    The women back home divide the spoil.
¹³ Even if you lie down among the sheepfolds,
    there are wings of a dove covered with silver;
    its pinions covered in precious gold.”^[b]
14 When the Almighty^[c] scattered the kings there,
    snow fell on Mount Zalmon.

¹⁵ Mighty mountain, Mount Bashan;
    many-peaked mountain, Mount Bashan!
¹⁶ You many-peaked mountain:
    Why do you look with envy
    at the mountain God desired for his dwelling,
        the mountain where the Lord dwells forever?

¹⁷ God’s chariots are twice ten thousand—
    countless thousands!
    My Lord came from Sinai^[d] into the sanctuary.
¹⁸ You ascended the heights,
    leading away your captives,
    receiving tribute from people,
        even from those who rebel
        against the Lord God’s dwelling there.
¹⁹ Bless the Lord!
    The God of our salvation
    supports us day after day! Selah
²⁰ Our God is the God of salvation,
    and escape from certain death comes through God my Lord.