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Psalm 68 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him!
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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:2 - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before fire, let the wicked perish before God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds; his name is the LORD, exult before him!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6 - God gives the desolate a home to dwell in; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:7 - O God, when thou didst go forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness, Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, at the presence of God; yon Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - Rain in abundance, O God, thou didst shed abroad; thou didst restore thy heritage as it languished;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 - thy flock found a dwelling in it; in thy goodness, O God, thou didst provide for the needy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 - The Lord gives the command; great is the host of those who bore the tidings:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:12 - "The kings of the armies, they flee, they flee!" The women at home divide the spoil,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - though they stay among the sheepfolds--the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with green gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:14 - When the Almighty scattered kings there, snow fell on Zalmon.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:15 - O mighty mountain, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16 - Why look you with envy, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount which God desired for his abode, yea, where the LORD will dwell for ever?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:17 - With mighty chariotry, twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands, the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - Thou didst ascend the high mount, leading captives in thy train, and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:19 - Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:20 - Our God is a God of salvation; and to GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 - But God will shatter the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
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,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - that you may bathe your feet in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe."
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:24 - Thy solemn processions are seen, O God, the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary--
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:25 - the singers in front, the minstrels last, between them maidens playing timbrels:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 - "Bless God in the great congregation, the LORD, O you who are of Israel's fountain!"
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 Zeb'ulun, the princes of Naph'tali.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:28 - Summon thy might, O God; show thy strength, O God, thou who hast wrought for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:29 - Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings bear gifts to thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - Let bronze be brought from Egypt; let Ethiopia hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:32 - Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord, Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; lo, he sends forth his voice, his mighty voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 - Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and his power is in the skies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - Terrible is God in his sanctuary, the God of Israel, he gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!
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