Psalm 68 — Legacy Standard Bible

Let God’s Enemies Be Scattered

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

¹Let ^aGod arise, ²let His enemies be scattered,And ³let those who hate Him flee before Him.²As ^asmoke is driven away, so drive them away;As ^bwax melts before the fire,So let the ^cwicked perish before God.³But let the ^arighteous be glad; let them exult before God;And let them rejoice with gladness.⁴Sing to God, ^asing praises to His name;¹^,^bLift up a song for Him who ^crides through the deserts,Whose ^dname is ²Yah, and exult before Him.⁵A ^afather of the fatherless and a ^bjudge ¹for the widows,Is God in His ^choly habitation.⁶God ^acauses the lonely to inhabit a home;He ^bleads out the prisoners into prosperity,Only ^cthe rebellious dwell in a parched land.⁷O God, when You ^awent forth before Your people,When You ^bmarched through the wasteland, ¹ Selah.⁸The ^aearth quaked;The ^bheavens also dripped rain at the presence of God;¹^,^cSinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.⁹You ^acaused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God;You established Your inheritance when it was ¹parched.¹⁰Your creatures inhabited it;You ^aestablished it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.¹¹The Lord gives the word;The ^awomen who proclaim the good news are a great host:¹²“^aKings of armies retreat, they retreat,And she who remains at home will ^bdivide the spoil!”¹³If you men lie down ^aamong the ¹sheepfolds,You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,And its pinions with glistening gold.¹⁴When the Almighty ^adispersed the kings ¹there,It was snowing in ^bZalmon.¹⁵A ¹^,^amountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.¹⁶Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,At the mountain which God has ^aprized for His habitation?Surely ^bYahweh will dwell there forever.¹⁷The ^achariots of God are ¹myriads, ^bthousands upon thousands;²The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.¹⁸You have ^aascended on high, You have ^bled captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even among the rebellious also, that Yah—God—may dwell there.¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^abears our burden,^bThe God who is our salvation. Selah.²⁰God is to us a ^aGod of ¹salvation;And ^bto Yahweh the Lord belong escapes ²from death.²¹Surely God will ^acrush the head of His enemies,The hairy ¹skull of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.²²The Lord ¹said, “^aI will bring them back from Bashan.I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;²³That ¹^,^ayour foot may crush them in blood,The tongue of your ^bdogs may have its portion from your enemies.”²⁴They have seen ^aYour ¹procession, O God,The ²procession of my God, my King, ³^,^binto the sanctuary.²⁵The ^asingers went on, the musicians after them,¹In the midst of the ^bmaidens beating tambourines.²⁶^aBless God in the congregations,Yahweh, the ^bfountain of Israel.²⁷There is ^aBenjamin, the ¹youngest, ²having dominion over them,The princes of Judah in their throng,The princes of ^bZebulun, the princes of Naphtali.²⁸¹Your God has ^acommanded your strength;Show Yourself strong, O God, ^bwho has worked ²on our behalf.²⁹¹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem^aKings will bring gifts to You.³⁰Rebuke the ^abeast ¹in the reeds,The herd of ^bbulls with the calves of the peoples,Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;He has ^ccast out the peoples who delight in war.³¹Envoys will come out of ^aEgypt;¹^,^bEthiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.³²Sing to God, O ^akingdoms of the earth,^bSing praises to the Lord, Selah.³³To Him who ^arides upon the ¹^,^bhighest heavens, which are from ancient times;Behold, ^cHe gives forth His voice, a ^dvoice that is strong.³⁴^aAscribe strength to God;His majesty is over IsraelAnd ^bHis strength is in the ¹skies.³⁵¹O God, You are ^aawesome from Your ²sanctuary.The God of Israel Himself ^bgives strength and might to the people.^cBlessed be God!