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Psalm 68 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Psa 68:1

Psa 68:1(LXX 67:1) For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David. (67:2) Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let them that hate him flee from before him.

Psa 68:2

Psa 68:2(LXX 67:3) As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God.

Psa 68:3

Psa 68:3(LXX 67:4) But let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted with joy.

Psa 68:4

Psa 68:4(LXX 67:5) Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him,

Psa 68:5

Psa 68:5(LXX 67:6) who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy place.

Psa 68:6

Psa 68:6(LXX 67:7) God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.

Psa 68:7

Psa 68:7(LXX 67:8) O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou wentest through the wilderness; Pause:

Psa 68:8

Psa 68:8(LXX 67:9) the earth quaked, yea, the heavens dropped water at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.

Psa 68:9

Psa 68:9(LXX 67:10) O God, thou wilt grant to thine inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but thou didst refresh it.

Psa 68:10

Psa 68:10(LXX 67:11) Thy [fn]creatures dwell in it: thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor.

Psa 68:11

Psa 68:11(LXX 67:12) The Lord God will give a word to them that preach it in a great company.

Psa 68:12

Psa 68:12(LXX 67:13) The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved, will even grant them for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils.

Psa 68:13

Psa 68:13(LXX 67:14) Even if ye should lie among the lots, ye shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with [fn]yellow gold.

Psa 68:14

Psa 68:14(LXX 67:15) When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it, they shall be made snow-white in Selmon.

Psa 68:15

Psa 68:15(LXX 67:16) The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a [fn]swelling mountain, a rich mountain.

Psa 68:16

Psa 68:16(LXX 67:17) Wherefore do ye conceive evil, ye swelling mountains? this is the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

Psa 68:17

Psa 68:17(LXX 67:18) The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is among them, in Sina, in the holy place.

Psa 68:18

Psa 68:18(LXX 67:19) [fn]Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for man, yea, for they were rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.

Psa 68:19

Psa 68:19(LXX 67:20) Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall prosper us. Pause.

Psa 68:20

Psa 68:20(LXX 67:21) Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death.

Psa 68:21

Psa 68:21(LXX 67:22) But God shall crush the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses.

Psa 68:22

Psa 68:22(LXX 67:23) The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring my people again through the depths of the sea.

Psa 68:23

Psa 68:23(LXX 67:24) That thy foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of thy dogs be stained with that of thine enemies.

Psa 68:24

Psa 68:24(LXX 67:25) Thy goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary.

Psa 68:25

Psa 68:25(LXX 67:26) The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels.

Psa 68:26

Psa 68:26(LXX 67:27) Praise God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountains of Israel.

Psa 68:27

Psa 68:27(LXX 67:28) There is Benjamin the younger one in ecstasy, the princes of Juda their rulers, the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.

Psa 68:28

Psa 68:28(LXX 67:29) O God, command thou thy strength: strengthen, O God, this which thou hast wrought in us.

Psa 68:29

Psa 68:29(LXX 67:30) Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee.

Psa 68:30

Psa 68:30(LXX 67:31) Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter thou the nations that wish for wars.

Psa 68:31

Psa 68:31(LXX 67:32) Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God.

Psa 68:32

Psa 68:32(LXX 67:33) Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. Pause.

Psa 68:33

Psa 68:33(LXX 67:34) Sing to God that [fn]rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward: lo, he will utter a mighty sound with his voice.

Psa 68:34

Psa 68:34(LXX 67:35) Give ye glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

Psa 68:35

Psa 68:35(LXX 67:36) God is wonderful [fn]in his holy places, the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: blessed be God.
BES Footnotes
See the Hebrew.
Lit. greenness of gold.
Gr. curdled like cheese.
Gr. having gone up.
Gr. mounts, or, has mounted.
Or, among his holy ones.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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