Psalms 68
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68:2 \68:1\ Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
68:3 \68:2\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.
68:4 \68:3\But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
68:5 \68:4\Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
68:6 \68:5\A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.
68:7 \68:6\God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land].
68:8 \68:7\O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
68:9 \68:8\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.
68:10 \68:9\Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
68:11 \68:10\Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
68:12 \68:11\The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].
68:13 \68:12\Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
68:14 \68:13\Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
68:15 \68:14\When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.
68:16 \68:15\The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as] the hill of Bashan.
68:17 \68:16\Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.
68:18 \68:17\The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].
68:19 \68:18\Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them].
68:20 \68:19\Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits, even] the God of our salvation. Selah.
68:21 \68:20\[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.
68:22 \68:21\But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
68:23 \68:22\The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea:
68:24 \68:23\That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
68:25 \68:24\They have seen thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
68:26 \68:25\The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
68:27 \68:26\Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
68:28 \68:27\There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.
68:29 \68:28\Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
68:30 \68:29\Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
68:31 \68:30\Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, [till every one] submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in war.
68:32 \68:31\Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
68:33 \68:32\Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
68:34 \68:33\To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, [and that] a mighty voice.
68:35 \68:34\Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency [is] over Israel, and his strength [is] in the clouds.
68:36 \68:35\O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel [is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed [be] God.