Psalm
To the director. Of David. A melody, a song.
68 Let God arise,+ let his enemies be scattered,+
And let those who intensely hate him flee because of him.+
2 As smoke is driven away, may you drive [them] away;+
As wax melts because of the fire,+
Let the wicked ones perish from before God.+
3 But as for the righteous, let them rejoice,+
Let them be elated before God,+
And let them exult with rejoicing.+
4 Sing YOU to God, make melody to his name;+
Raise up [a song] to the One riding through the desert plains+
As Jah,* which is his name;+ and jubilate before him;
5 A father of fatherless boys and a judge of widows+
Is God in his holy dwelling.+
6 God is causing the solitary ones to dwell in* a house;+
He is bringing forth prisoners into full prosperity.+
However, as for the stubborn, they have to reside in a scorched land.+
7 O God, when you went forth before your people,+
When you marched through the desert+—Seʹlah—
Heaven itself also dripped because of God;+
9 A copious downpour you began causing to fall, O God;+
Your inheritance, even when it was weary—you yourself reinvigorated it.+
10 Your tent community+—they have dwelt in it;+
With your goodness you proceeded to make it ready for the afflicted one, O God.+
12 Even the kings of armies flee, they flee.+
As for her who abides at home, she shares in the spoil.+
13 Although YOU men kept lying between the [camp] ash heaps,*
There will be the wings of a dove covered with silver
15 The mountainous region* of Baʹshan+ is a mountain of God;*+
The mountainous region of Baʹshan is a mountain of peaks.+
16 Why do YOU, O YOU mountains of peaks, keep watching enviously
The mountain that God has desired for himself to dwell in?+
Even Jehovah himself will reside [there] forever.+
18 You have ascended on high;+
You have carried away captives;+
You have taken gifts in the form of men,*+
Yes, even the stubborn ones,+ to reside [among them],+ O Jah* God.*
19 Blessed be Jehovah,* who daily carries the load for us,+
The [true] God of our salvation.+ Seʹlah.
20 The [true] God is for us a God* of saving acts;+
And to Jehovah the Sovereign+ Lord belong the ways out* from death.+
21 Indeed God himself will break the head of his enemies in pieces,+
The hairy crown of the head of anyone walking about in his guiltiness.+
22 Jehovah* has said: “From Baʹshan I shall bring back,+
I shall bring [them] back from* the depths of the sea,+
23 In order that you may wash* your foot in blood,+
That the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from the enemies.”+
25 The singers went in front, the players on stringed instruments after them;+
In between were the maidens beating tambourines.+
27 There is little Benjamin subduing them,+
The princes of Judah with their shouting crowd,
The princes of Zebʹu·lun, the princes of Naphʹta·li.+
28 Your God has laid command upon your strength.+
Do show strength, O God, you who have acted for us.+
30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,+ the assembly of bulls,*+
With the calves of the peoples, each one stamping down on pieces of silver.+
31 Bronzeware things* will come out of Egypt;+
Cush* itself will quickly stretch out its hands [with gifts] to God.+