Psalm 68

1 For the one directing. Of David. A Psalm. A Song. God <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Arises, His enemies are scattered, and those hating Him flee before His face.

2 As smoke is driven away, you will drive [them] away; like the melting of wax from the face of the fire, the wicked will perish before the face of God.

3 And the righteous will be glad; they will exult before God, and will rejoice exceedingly.

4 Sing to God, sing praises [to] His name! Lift up to the One riding on the clouds—YAH [is] His name—and rejoice before His face!

5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of widows, [is] God, in the habitation of His holiness.

6 God causes the solitary to dwell in a home; He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious ones have dwelt in a scorched land.

7 O God, in Your going forth before the face of Your people, in Your marching through the wilderness, Selah

8 the earth shook; also the heavens poured down before the face of God, the One of Sinai, before the face of God, the God of Israel.

9 You showered rain of freewill offerings, O God; when Your inheritance was weary, You restored it.

10 Your community dwelt in it; You provided for the poor from Your goodness, O God.

11 The Lord gives speech, [and] those bearing news were a great army:

12 “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee! And she who dwells [in] the house divides the spoil!

13 Though you⁺ lie down among the sheepfolds—the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold.”

14 When Shaddai scattered the kings in it, it was as the snow on Zalmon.

15 A mountain of God [is] Mount Bashan; a mountain of peaks [is] Mount Bashan!

16 Why do you⁺ gaze in envy, O mountains of peaks? On the mountain [where] God desires to dwell, YHWH indeed will dwell forever.

17 The chariots of God [are] myriads—thousands upon thousands! The Lord [is] among them [on] Sinai, in the sanctuary.

18 You have gone up to the height, You have led captive captivity; You have received gifts from man, even [from] the rebellious ones, that YAH God may dwell there.

19 Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] day [by] day lifts us up—the God of our salvation! Selah

20 God [is] unto us a God of salvation, and from YHWH the Lord [is] [our] coming forth from death.

21 Surely God will wound the head of His enemies, the hairy crown of the one walking in his guilt.

22 The Lord said, “From Bashan I will bring [them] back; I will bring [them] back from the depths of the sea,

23 so that [you] may plunge your foot in the blood, [and] the tongue of your dogs have its portion from [your] enemies!”

24 They have seen Your going about, O God, the going about of my God [and] my King, in the sanctuary.

25 Those singing go in front, [and] behind [are those] playing strings, [and] in the midst [are] virgins playing timbrels.

26 In the assemblies bless God, YHWH, from the fountain of Israel.

27 There [is] little Benjamin leading them, [with] the princes of Judah [in] their company, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

28 Summon, O God, your strength! Make strong, O God, this which You have done for us.

29 Your temple [is] upon Jerusalem—the kings shall bring a gift to You.

30 Rebuke the creature of the reed, the herd of bulls with the calves of the nations—trample underfoot the desire for silver, scatter the nations delighting in war!

31 Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will make its hands run to God.

32 O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord—Selah

33 to the one riding on the heavens, the heavens of old! Behold, He gives forth with His voice, a voice of power.

34 Ascribe strength to God, [for] His majesty [is] over Israel, and His power in the clouds.

35 [You are] fearsome, O God, in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel—He [is] giving power and strength to the people. Blessed be God!