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Psalm 68 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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God Shall Scatter His Enemies

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:2 - As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
as wax melts before fire,
so the wicked shall perish before God!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - But the righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;
his name is the LORD;
exult before him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6 - God settles the solitary in a home;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:7 - O God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God,[fn] the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 - your flock[fn] found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 - The Lord gives the word;
the women who announce the news are a great host:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:12 - “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”
The women at home divide the spoil—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - though you men lie among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with shimmering gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:14 - When the Almighty scatters kings there,
let snow fall on Zalmon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:15 - O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked[fn] mountain, mountain of Bashan!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16 - Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
yes, where the LORD will dwell forever?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:17 - The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train
and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:19 - Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:20 - Our God is a God of salvation,
and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 - But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:22 - The Lord said,
“I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - that you may strike your feet in their blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:24 - Your procession is[fn] seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:25 - the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them virgins playing tambourines:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 - “Bless God in the great congregation,
the LORD, O you[fn] who are of Israel’s fountain!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 - There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:28 - Summon your power, O God,[fn]
the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:29 - Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings shall bear gifts to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - Nobles shall come from Egypt;
Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:32 - O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 - Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose power is in the skies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - Awesome is God from his[fn] sanctuary;
the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!
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ESV Footnotes
Or before God, even Sinai before God
Or your congregation
Or hunch-backed; also verse 16
Or has been
The Hebrew for you is plural here
By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Your God has summoned your power
The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
Septuagint; Hebrew your
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