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Psalms 68
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
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Darby Bible · 1890
1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.
1 LetGod arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.
2Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
2 As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence ofGod.
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.
3 But the righteous shall rejoice: they shall exult beforeGod and be glad with joy.
4I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
4 Sing untoGod, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice 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.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, isGod in his holy habitation.
6O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:
6 God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched [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.
7 OGod, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness — (Selah) —
8Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence ofGod, yon Sinai, at the presence ofGod, theGod of Israel.
9I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
9 Thou, OGod, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.
10For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, OGod!
11And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
11 The Lord gives the word: great the host of the publishers.
12And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
12 Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
13They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
13 Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, [ye shall be as] wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green 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.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.
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.
15 [As] mount Bashan is the mount ofGod, a many-peaked mountain, [as] mount 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.
16 Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount thatGod hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell [there] for ever.
17Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 The chariots ofGod are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.
18And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even [for] the rebellious, for the dwelling [there] of Jah Elohim.
19Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
19 Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us [with good], theGod who is our salvation. Selah.
20Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
20 OurGod is theGod of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth [even] from 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.
21 VerilyGod will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.
22And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depth of the sea;
23Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.
23 That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.
24Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
24 They have seen thy goings, OGod, the goings of myGod, my King, in the sanctuary.
25Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
26Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
26 In the congregations bless yeGod, the Lord, — [ye] from the fountain of Israel.
27Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
27 There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.
28 ThyGod hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, OGod, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
30 Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: [every one] submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.
31I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
31 Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands untoGod.
32And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
32 Ye kingdoms of the earth, sing untoGod; sing psalms of the Lord, (Selah,)
33Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
33 Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.
34For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.
34 Ascribe ye strength untoGod: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.
35 Terrible art thou, OGod, out of thy sanctuaries, — theGod of Israel! He it is that giveth strength and might unto the people. Blessed beGod!