Psa 68:1
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
[fn]Let God H430 arise H6965, [fn]let His enemies H340 be scattered H6327,
And [fn]let those who hate H8130 Him flee H5127 before H4480 H6440 Him.
Psa 68:2
As smoke H6227 is driven H5086 away H5086, so drive H5086 them away H5086;
As wax H1749 melts H4549 before H4480 H6440 the fire H784,
So let the wicked H7563 perish H6 before H4480 H6440 God H430.
Psa 68:3
But let the righteous H6662 be H8055 glad H8055; let them exult H5970 before H6440 God H430;
And let them rejoice H7797 with gladness H8057.
Psa 68:4
Sing H7891 to God H430, sing H2167 praises H2167 to His name H8034;
[fn]Lift H5549 up H5549 a song for Him who rides H7392 through the deserts H6160,
Whose name H8034 is [fn]Yah H3050, and exult H5937 before H6440 Him.
Psa 68:5
A father H1 of the fatherless H3490 and a judge H1781 [fn]for the widows H490,
Is God H430 in His holy H6944 habitation H4583.
Psa 68:6
God H430 causes H3427 the lonely H3173 to inhabit H3427 a home H1004;
He leads H3318 out H3318 the prisoners H615 into prosperity H3574,
Only H389 the rebellious H5637 dwell H7931 in H7931 a parched H6707 land H6707.
Psa 68:7
O God H430, when You went H3318 forth H3318 before H6440 Your people H5971,
When You marched H6805 through the wasteland H3452, [fn]Selah H5542.
Psa 68:8
The earth H776 quaked H7493;
The heavens H8064 also H637 dripped H5197 rain at the presence H6440 of God H430;
[fn]Sinai H5514 itself H2088 quaked at the presence H6440 of God H430, the God H430 of Israel H3478.
Psa 68:9
You caused H5130 abundant H5071 rain H1653 to sprinkle H5130 down H5130, O God H430;
You established H3559 Your inheritance H5159 when it was H3811 [fn]parched H3811.
Psa 68:10
Your creatures H2416 inhabited H3427 it;
You established H3559 it in Your goodness H2896 for the poor H6041, O God H430.
Psa 68:11
The Lord H136 gives H5414 the word H561;
The women who proclaim H1319 the good news H1319 are a great H7227 host H6635:
Psa 68:12
“Kings H4428 of armies H6635 retreat H5074, they retreat H5074,
And she who H5116 remains H5116 at home H1004 will divide H2505 the spoil H7998!”
Psa 68:13
If H518 you men lie H7901 down H7901 among H996 the [fn]sheepfolds H8240,
You all would be like the wings H3671 of a dove H3123 covered H2645 with silver H3701,
And its pinions H84 with glistening H3422 gold H2742.
Psa 68:14
When the Almighty H7706 dispersed H6566 the kings H4428 [fn]there,
It was snowing H7949 in Zalmon H6756.
Psa 68:15
A [fn]mountain H2022 of God H430 is the mountain H2022 of Bashan H1316;
A mountain H2022 of many peaks H1386 is the mountain H2022 of Bashan H1316.
Psa 68:16
Why H4100 do you look H7520 with H7520 envy H7520, O mountains H2022 with many peaks H1386,
At the mountain H2022 which God H430 has prized H2530 for His habitation H3427?
Surely H637 Yahweh H3068 will dwell H7931 there forever H5331.
Psa 68:17
The chariots H7393 of God H430 are [fn]myriads H7239, thousands H8136 upon thousands H505;
[fn]The Lord H136 is among them as at Sinai H5514, in holiness H6944.
Psa 68:18
You have ascended H5927 on high H4791, You have led H7617 captive H7617 Your captives H7628;
You have received H3947 gifts H4979 among men H120,
Even among the rebellious H5637 also H637, that Yah H3050—God H430—may dwell H7931 there.
Psa 68:19
Blessed H1288 be the Lord H136, who daily H3117 bears H6006 our burden H6006,
The God H410 who is our salvation H3444. Selah H5542.
Psa 68:20
God H410 is to us a God H410 of [fn]salvation H4190;
And to Yahweh H3068 the Lord H136 belong escapes H8444 [fn]from death H4194.
Psa 68:21
Surely H389 God H430 will crush H4272 the head H7218 of His enemies H340,
The hairy H8181 [fn]skull H6936 of him who goes H1980 on in his guilty H817 deeds H817.
Psa 68:22
The Lord H136 [fn]said H559, “I will bring H7725 them back H7725 from Bashan H1316.
I will bring H7725 them back H7725 from the depths H4688 of the sea H3220;
Psa 68:23
That [fn]your foot H7272 may crush H4272 them in blood H1818,
The tongue H3956 of your dogs H3611 may have its portion H4521 from your enemies H340.”
Psa 68:24
They have seen H7200 Your [fn]procession H1979, O God H430,
The [fn]procession H1979 of my God H410, my King H4428, [fn]into the sanctuary H6944.
Psa 68:25
The singers H7891 went H6923 on H6923, the musicians H5059 after H310 them,
[fn]In the midst H8432 of the maidens H5959 beating H8608 tambourines H8608.
Psa 68:26
Bless H1288 God H430 in the congregations H4721,
Yahweh H3068, the fountain H4726 of Israel H3478.
Psa 68:27
There H8033 is Benjamin H1144, the [fn]youngest H6810, [fn]having H7287 dominion H7287 over them,
The princes H8269 of Judah H3063 in their throng H7277,
The princes H8269 of Zebulun H2074, the princes H8269 of Naphtali H5321.
Psa 68:28
[fn]Your God H430 has commanded H6680 your strength H5797;
Show H5810 Yourself strong H5810, O God H430, who H2098 has worked H6466 [fn]on our behalf.
Psa 68:29
[fn]Because H4480 of Your temple H1964 at Jerusalem H3389
Kings H4428 will bring H2986 gifts H7862 to You.
Psa 68:30
Rebuke H1605 the beast H2416 [fn]in the reeds H7070,
The herd H5712 of bulls H47 with the calves H5695 of the peoples H5971,
Trampling H7511 under foot H7511 the pieces H7518 of silver H3701;
He has cast out H967 the peoples H5971 who delight H2654 in war H7128.
Psa 68:31
Envoys H2831 will come H857 out of Egypt H4714;
[fn]Ethiopia H3568 will quickly H7323 stretch H7323 out H7323 her hands H3027 to God H430.
Psa 68:32
Sing H7891 to God H430, O kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776,
Sing H2167 praises H2167 to the Lord H136, Selah H5542.
Psa 68:33
To Him who rides H7392 upon the [fn]highest H8064 heavens H8064, which are from ancient H6924 times H6924;
Behold H2005, He gives H5414 forth His voice H6963, a voice H6963 that is strong H5797.
Psa 68:34
Ascribe H5414 strength H5797 to God H430;
His majesty H1346 is over H5921 Israel H3478
And His strength H5797 is in the [fn]skies H7834.
Psa 68:35
[fn]O God H430, You are awesome H3372 from Your [fn]sanctuary H4720.
The God H410 of Israel H3478 Himself H1931 gives H5414 strength H5797 and might H8592 to the people H5971.
Blessed H1288 be God H430!
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