Psalm 68:1-20

New King James Version

The Glory of God in His Goodness to Israel

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.

68 Let ^(A)God arise,
Let His enemies be scattered;
Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
²^(B)As smoke is driven away,
So drive them away;
^(C)As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
³But ^(D)let the righteous be glad;
Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.

⁴Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
^(E)Extol^[a] Him who rides on the ^[b]clouds,
^(F)By His name ^[c]Yah,
And rejoice before Him.

⁵^(G)A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
⁶^(H)God sets the solitary in families;
^(I)He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But ^(J)the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

⁷O God, ^(K)when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness, Selah
⁸The earth shook;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹^(L)You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.
¹⁰Your congregation dwelt in it;
^(M)You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.

¹¹The Lord gave the word;
Great was the ^[d]company of those who proclaimed it:
¹²“Kings^(N) of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home divides the ^[e]spoil.
¹³^(O)Though you lie down among the ^[f]sheepfolds,
^(P)You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her feathers with yellow gold.”
¹⁴^(Q)When the Almighty scattered kings in it,
It was white as snow in Zalmon.

¹⁵A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
¹⁶Why do you ^[g]fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks?
^(R)This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in;
Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

¹⁷^(S)The chariots of God are twenty thousand,
Even thousands of thousands;
The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place.
¹⁸^(T)You have ascended on high,
^(U)You have led captivity captive;
^(V)You have received gifts among men,
Even from ^(W)the rebellious,
^(X)That the Lord God might dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation! Selah
²⁰Our God is the God of salvation;
And ^(Y)to God the Lord belong escapes from death.