Psalm

68 Let God rise up, let his enemies be scattered,

And let those who hate him flee from before him.+

 2 As smoke is driven away, may you drive them away;

As wax melts before the fire,

So let the wicked perish before God.+

 3 But let the righteous rejoice;+

May they be overjoyed before God;

May they exult with rejoicing.

 5 A father of the fatherless and a protector* of widows+

Is God in his holy dwelling.+

 6 God gives those who are alone a home to dwell in;+

He leads prisoners out into prosperity.+

 7 O God, when you led* your people,+

When you marched through the desert, (Selah)

 8 The earth quaked;+

Heaven poured down rain* because of God;

This Siʹnai quaked because of God, the God of Israel.+

 9 You made it rain in abundance, O God;

You reinvigorated your exhausted people.*

10 They dwelled in your tent community;+

In your goodness, you provided for the poor, O God.

11 Jehovah gives the command;

The women proclaiming the good news are a large army.+

13 Although you men were lying among the campfires,*

There will be the wings of a dove covered with silver,

With pinions of fine* gold.

14 When the Almighty One scattered its kings,+

Snow fell in Zalʹmon.*

15 The mountain of Baʹshan+ is a mountain of God;*

The mountain of Baʹshan is a mountain of peaks.

16 Why do you look with envy, you mountains of peaks,

Toward the mountain that God has chosen* as his dwelling?+

18 You ascended on high;+

You carried away captives;

You took gifts in the form of men,+

Yes, even stubborn ones,+ to reside among them, O Jah God.

19 May Jehovah be praised, who daily carries our load,+

The true God of our salvation. (Selah)

20 The true God is for us a God who saves;+

And Jehovah the Sovereign Lord provides escape from death.+

21 Yes, God will smash the heads of his enemies,

The hairy crown of the head of anyone who continues* in his guilt.+

22 Jehovah has said: “I will bring them back from Baʹshan;+

I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

23 So that your foot may be awash in blood+

And the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from the enemies.”

24 They see your processions, O God,

The processions of my God, my King, into the holy place.+

25 The singers walk in front, the musicians playing stringed instruments after them;+

In between are the young women playing tambourines.+

26 In congregated throngs,* praise God;

Praise Jehovah, you who are from the Source of Israel.+

27 There Benjamin,+ the youngest, is subduing them,

Also the princes of Judah with their noisy crowd,

The princes of Zebʹu·lun, the princes of Naphʹta·li.

29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem,+

Kings will bring gifts to you.+

30 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds,

The assembly of bulls+ and their calves,

Until the peoples bow down bringing* pieces of silver.

31 Bronze articles will be brought* out of Egypt;+

Cush will hasten to offer gifts to God.

32 O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God,+

Sing praises* to Jehovah, (Selah)

His majesty is over Israel,

And his strength is in the skies.*

He is the God of Israel,

Who gives strength and power to the people.+