Psalm 68:1-18 — Legacy Standard Bible

Let God’s Enemies Be Scattered

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

¹Let ^aGod arise, ²let His enemies be scattered,And ³let those who hate Him flee before Him.²As ^asmoke is driven away, so drive them away;As ^bwax melts before the fire,So let the ^cwicked perish before God.³But let the ^arighteous be glad; let them exult before God;And let them rejoice with gladness.⁴Sing to God, ^asing praises to His name;¹^,^bLift up a song for Him who ^crides through the deserts,Whose ^dname is ²Yah, and exult before Him.⁵A ^afather of the fatherless and a ^bjudge ¹for the widows,Is God in His ^choly habitation.⁶God ^acauses the lonely to inhabit a home;He ^bleads out the prisoners into prosperity,Only ^cthe rebellious dwell in a parched land.⁷O God, when You ^awent forth before Your people,When You ^bmarched through the wasteland, ¹ Selah.⁸The ^aearth quaked;The ^bheavens also dripped rain at the presence of God;¹^,^cSinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.⁹You ^acaused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God;You established Your inheritance when it was ¹parched.¹⁰Your creatures inhabited it;You ^aestablished it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.¹¹The Lord gives the word;The ^awomen who proclaim the good news are a great host:¹²“^aKings of armies retreat, they retreat,And she who remains at home will ^bdivide the spoil!”¹³If you men lie down ^aamong the ¹sheepfolds,You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,And its pinions with glistening gold.¹⁴When the Almighty ^adispersed the kings ¹there,It was snowing in ^bZalmon.¹⁵A ¹^,^amountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.¹⁶Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,At the mountain which God has ^aprized for His habitation?Surely ^bYahweh will dwell there forever.¹⁷The ^achariots of God are ¹myriads, ^bthousands upon thousands;²The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.¹⁸You have ^aascended on high, You have ^bled captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even among the rebellious also, that Yah—God—may dwell there.