Psalm 67-69

Christian Standard Bible

³ Let the peoples praise you, God;
let all the peoples praise you.^(C)
4 Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,
for you judge the peoples with fairness
and lead the nations on earth.^(D)Selah
⁵ Let the peoples praise you, God,
let all the peoples praise you.^(E)

⁶ The earth has produced its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.^(F)
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.^(G)

⁴ Sing to God! Sing praises to his name.
Exalt him who rides on the clouds^[a]—
his name is the Lord^[b]—and celebrate before him.^(K)
5 God in his holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.^(L)
6 God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,^[c]
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.^(M)

⁷ God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the desert,Selah
⁸ the earth trembled and the skies poured rain
before God, the God of Sinai,^[d]
before God, the God of Israel.^(N)
9 You, God, showered abundant rain;
you revived your inheritance when it languished.^(O)
10 Your people settled in it;
God, you provided for the poor by your goodness.^(P)

¹¹ The Lord gave the command;
a great company of women brought the good news:^(Q)
12 “The kings of the armies flee—they flee!”
She who stays at home divides the spoil.^(R)
13 While^[e] you lie among the sheep pens,^[f]
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.^(S)
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in the land,
it snowed on Zalmon.^[g](T)

¹⁵ Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain;
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.^(U)
16 Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain God desired for his abode?
The Lord will dwell there forever!^(V)
17 God’s chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;^(W)
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary^[h]
as he was at Sinai.^(X)
18 You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
you received gifts from^[i] people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might dwell there.^[j](Y)

¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord!
Day after day he bears our burdens;
God is our salvation.^(Z)Selah
²⁰ Our God is a God of salvation,
and escape from death belongs to the Lord my Lord.^(AA)
21 Surely God crushes the heads of his enemies,
the hairy brow of one who goes on in his guilty acts.^(AB)
22 The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea^(AC)
23 so that your foot may wade^[k] in blood
and your dogs’ tongues may have their share
from the enemies.”^(AD)
24 People have seen your procession, God,
the procession of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.^(AE)
25 Singers lead the way,
with musicians following;
among them are young women
playing tambourines.^(AF)
26 Bless God in the assemblies;
bless the Lord from the fountain of Israel.^(AG)
27 There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them,
the rulers of Judah in their assembly,^[l]
the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.^(AH)

²⁸ Your God has decreed your strength.
Show your strength, God,
you who have acted on our behalf.^(AI)
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem,
kings will bring tribute to you.^(AJ)
30 Rebuke the beast in the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.^(AK)
Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.^[m]
Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.^(AL)
31 Ambassadors will come^[n] from Egypt;
Cush will stretch out its hands to God.^(AM)

³² Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
sing praise to the Lord,^(AN)Selah
³³ to him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.^(AO)
Look, he thunders with his powerful voice!^(AP)
34 Ascribe power to God.
His majesty is over Israel;
his power is among the clouds.^(AQ)
35 God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!^(AR)

⁵ God, you know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.^(AY)
6 Do not let those who put their hope in you
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Armies;
do not let those who seek you
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.^(AZ)
7 For I have endured insults because of you,
and shame has covered my face.^(BA)
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons^(BB)
9 because zeal for your house has consumed me,^(BC)
and the insults of those who insult you
have fallen on me.^(BD)
10 I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.^(BE)
11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
¹² Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.^(BF)

¹³ But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to you is for a time of favor.
In your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with your sure salvation.^(BG)
14 Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep water.^(BH)
15 Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.^(BI)
16 Answer me, Lord,
for your faithful love is good.
In keeping with your abundant compassion,
turn to me.^(BJ)
17 Don’t hide your face from your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!^(BK)
18 Come near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.^(BL)

¹⁹ You know the insults I endure—
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.^(BM)
20 Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.^(BN)
21 Instead, they gave me gall for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.^(BO)

²² Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.^(BP)
23 Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their hips continually quake.^(BQ)
24 Pour out your rage on them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.^(BR)
25 Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents.^(BS)
26 For they persecute the one you struck
and talk about the pain of those you wounded.^(BT)
27 Charge them with crime on top of crime;
do not let them share in your righteousness.^(BU)
28 Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.^(BV)

²⁹ But as for me—poor and in pain—
let your salvation protect me, God.^(BW)
30 I will praise God’s name with song
and exalt him with thanksgiving.^(BX)
31 That will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.^(BY)
32 The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart!^(BZ)
33 For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
his own who are prisoners.^(CA)

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them,^(CB)
35 for God will save Zion
and build up^[o] the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.^(CC)
36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will live in it.^(CD)