Psalms 68

1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.

1 Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

2Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

2Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

3I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

3But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

4I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.

4Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.

5They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.

5A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

6O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:

6Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

7Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.

7O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)

8Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

8The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

9I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

9You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.

10For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

11And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.

11The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public.

12And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

12Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods.

13They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.

13Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

14But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

14When the Most High put the kings to flight, it was as white as snow in Salmon.

15Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan.

16Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep water swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

17Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

17The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.

18And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

18You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

19Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.

19Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.)

20Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

20Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.

21In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

21The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

22And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;

23Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.

23So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

24Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.

24We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place.

25Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

26Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

26Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.

27Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.

28Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

28O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things for us,

29Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.

29Out of your Temple in Jerusalem.

30But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.

30Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.

31I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.

31Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.

32And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

32Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.)

33Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

33To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.

34For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

34Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

35Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.

35O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.

36For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.

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37And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

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