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Psalm 68

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1 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.>> Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
1 Up with God! Down with his enemies! Adversaries, run for the hills!
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
2 Gone like a puff of smoke, like a blob of wax in the fire - one look at God and the wicked vanish.
3 But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
3 When the righteous see God in action they'll laugh, they'll sing, they'll laugh and sing for joy.
4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds -- To the LORD, his name! Rejoice before him.
4 Sing hymns to God; all heaven, sing out; clear the way for the coming of Cloud-Rider. Enjoy God, cheer when you see him!
5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
5 Father of orphans, champion of widows, is God in his holy house.
6 God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, But the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
6 God makes homes for the homeless, leads prisoners to freedom, but leaves rebels to rot in hell.
7 God, when you went forth before your people, When you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
7 God, when you took the lead with your people, when you marched out into the wild,
8 The eretz trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai -- At the presence of God, the God of Yisra'el.
8 Earth shook, sky broke out in a sweat; God was on the march. Even Sinai trembled at the sight of God on the move, at the sight of Israel's God.
9 You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.
9 You pour out rain in buckets, O God; thorn and cactus become an oasis
10 Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
10 For your people to camp in and enjoy. You set them up in business; they went from rags to riches.
11 The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
11 The Lord gave the word; thousands called out the good news:
12 "Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the spoil,
12 "Kings of the armies are on the run, on the run!"
13 While you sleep among the campfires, The wings of a dove sheathed with silver, Her feathers with shining gold.
13 While housewives, safe and sound back home, divide up the plunder, the plunder of Canaanite silver and gold.
14 When Shaddai scattered kings in her, It snowed on Tzalmon.
14 On that day that Shaddai scattered the kings, snow fell on Black Mountain.
15 The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
15 You huge mountains, Bashan mountains, mighty mountains, dragon mountains.
16 Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, At the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.
16 All you mountains not chosen, sulk now, and feel sorry for yourselves, For this is the mountain God has chosen to live on; he'll rule from this mountain forever.
17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
17 The chariots of God, twice ten thousand, and thousands more besides, The Lord in the lead, riding down Sinai - straight to the Holy Place!
18 You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, Yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell there.
18 You climbed to the High Place, captives in tow, your arms full of booty from rebels, And now you sit there in state, God, sovereign God!
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, Even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
19 Blessed be the Lord - day after day he carries us along.
20 God is to us a God of deliverance. To the LORD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
20 He's our Savior, our God, oh yes! He's God-for-us, he's God-who-saves-us. Lord God knows all death's ins and outs.
21 But God will strike through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
21 What's more, he made heads roll, split the skulls of the enemy As he marched out of heaven,
22 The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea;
22 saying, "I tied up the Dragon in knots, put a muzzle on the Deep Blue Sea."
23 That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, That the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."
23 You can wade through your enemies' blood, and your dogs taste of your enemies from your boots.
24 They have seen your goings, God, Even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
24 See God on parade to the sanctuary, my God, my King on the march!
25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the ladies playing with timbrels,
25 Singers out front, the band behind, maidens in the middle with castanets.
26 "Bless God in the congregations, Even the Lord in the assembly of Yisra'el!"
26 The whole choir blesses God. Like a fountain of praise, Israel blesses God.
27 There is little Binyamin, their ruler, The princes of Yehudah, their council, The princes of Zevulun, and the princes of Naftali.
27 Look - little Benjamin's out front and leading Princes of Judah in their royal robes, princes of Zebulon, princes of Naphtali.
28 Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.
28 Parade your power, O God, the power, O God, that made us what we are.
29 Because of your temple at Yerushalayim, Kings shall bring presents to you.
29 Your temple, High God, is Jerusalem; kings bring gifts to you.
30 Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
30 Rebuke that old crocodile, Egypt, with her herd of wild bulls and calves, Rapacious in her lust for silver, crushing peoples, spoiling for a fight.
31 Princes shall come out of Mitzrayim. Kush shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
31 Let Egyptian traders bring blue cloth and Cush come running to God, her hands outstretched.
32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the eretz! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
32 Sing, O kings of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
33 There he is: Sky-Rider, striding the ancient skies. Listen - he's calling in thunder, rumbling, rolling thunder.
34 Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Yisra'el, His strength is in the skies.
34 Call out "Bravo!" to God, the High God of Israel. His splendor and strength rise huge as thunderheads.
35 You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Yisra'el gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
35 A terrible beauty, O God, streams from your sanctuary. It's Israel's strong God! He gives power and might to his people! O you, his people - bless God!
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