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Psalms 68

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¹Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him. ²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God. ³But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yea, let them rejoice with gladness. ⁴Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him. ⁵A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation. ⁶God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land. ⁷O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; [Selah ⁸The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God: Yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel. ⁹Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. ¹⁰Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor. ¹¹The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host. ¹²Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil. ¹³When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is asthe wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold. ¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings therein, It was as whenit snoweth in Zalmon. ¹⁵A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan. ¹⁶Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever. ¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary. ¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them. ¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. [Selah ²⁰God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death. ²¹But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness. ²²The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bringthem again from the depths of the sea; ²³That thou mayest crush them, dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies. ²⁴They have seen thy goings, O God, Even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. ²⁵The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels. ²⁶Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel. ²⁷There is little Benjamin their ruler, The princes of Judah and their council, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. ²⁸Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. ²⁹Because of thy temple at Jerusalem Kings shall bring presents unto thee. ³⁰Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war. ³¹Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God. ³²Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; Oh sing praises unto the Lord; [Selah ³³To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice. ³⁴Ascribe ye strength unto God: His excellency is over Israel, And his strength is in the skies. ³⁵O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.