Psalm 68:1 - 68:18

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered,

And let those who hate Him flee before Him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;

As wax melts before the fire,

So let the wicked perish before God.

But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God;

And let them rejoice with gladness.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;

Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts,

Whose name is Yah, and exult before Him.

A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,

Is God in His holy habitation.

God causes the lonely to inhabit a home;

He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,

Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

O God, when You went forth before Your people,

When You marched through the wasteland, Selah.

The earth quaked;

The heavens also dripped rain at the presence of God;

Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

You caused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God;

You established Your inheritance when it was parched.

Your creatures inhabited it;

You established it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

The Lord gives the word;

The women who proclaim the good news are a great host:

“Kings of armies retreat, they retreat,

And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!”

If you men lie down among the sheepfolds,

You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And its pinions with glistening gold.

When the Almighty dispersed the kings there,

It was snowing in Zalmon.

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;

A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,

At the mountain which God has prized for His habitation?

Surely Yahweh will dwell there forever.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;

The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;

You have received gifts among men,

Even among the rebellious also, that Yah—God—may dwell there.