Psalms 68

1Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

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

2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

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

3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

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.

4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

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

5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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.

6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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

7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

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.

8The 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.

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

9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

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

10Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

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

11The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

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

12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

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

13Though 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.

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

14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

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.

15The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

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.

16Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

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.

17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

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

18Thou 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.

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

19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

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

20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

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

21But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

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.

22The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

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

23That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

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

24They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

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

25The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

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

26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

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

27There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

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

28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

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

29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

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

30Rebuke 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.

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

31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

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

32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

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

33To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

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

34Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

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

35O 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.

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

36(not in this translation)

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

37(not in this translation)

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