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Psalms 68:1-8

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1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
1 May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
2 May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
3 But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
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 of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
6 God sets the lonely in families,he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
7 When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
8 the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
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