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Psalms 68:1-18

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 God will arise. His enemies will be scattered. Those who hate him will flee from him.

2 Blow them away like smoke. Let wicked people melt in God's presence like wax next to a fire.

3 But let righteous people rejoice. Let them celebrate in God's presence. Let them overflow with joy.

4 Sing to God; make music to praise his name. Make a highway for him to ride through the deserts. The LORD is his name. Celebrate in his presence.

5 The God who is in his holy dwelling place is the father of the fatherless and the defender of widows.

6 God places lonely people in families. He leads prisoners out of prison into productive lives, but rebellious people must live in an unproductive land.

7 O God, when you went in front of your people, when you marched through the desert, Selah

8 the earth quaked and the sky poured in the presence of the God of Sinai, in the presence of the God of Israel.

9 You watered the land with plenty of rain, O God. You refreshed it when your land was exhausted.

10 Your flock settled there. Out of your goodness, O God, you provided for oppressed people.

11 The Lord gives instructions. The women who announce the good news are a large army.

12 [They say,] "The kings of the armies flee; they run away. The women who remained at home will divide the goods.

13 Though you stayed among the sheep pens, [you will be like] the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers with yellow gold.

14 Meanwhile, the Almighty was still scattering kings there like snow falling on Mount Zalmon."

15 The mountain of Bashan is the mountain of God. The mountain of Bashan is the mountain with many peaks.

16 Why do you look with envy, you mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has chosen to live? Certainly, the LORD will live there forever.

17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand in number, thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them. [The God of] Sinai is in his holy place.

18 You went to the highest place. You took prisoners captive. You received gifts from people, even from rebellious people, so that the LORD God may live there.

New International Version NIV

1 May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.

2 May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.

3 But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.

4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds ; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.

5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

6 God sets the lonely in families,he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

7 When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,

8 the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

9 You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.

10 Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.

11 The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:

12 “Kings and armies flee in haste; the women at home divide the plunder.

13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”

14 When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.

15 Mount Bashan, majestic mountain, Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,

16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?

17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.

18 When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious— that you,LORD God, might dwell there.