[1] To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song. [2] \68:1\Let God
be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him
be turned back before him. [3] \68:2\Let 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. [4] \68:3\But let the upright be glad; let
them have delight before God; let them be full of joy. [5] \68:4\Make 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. [6] \68:5\A
father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his
holy place. [7] \68:6\Those 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. [8] \68:7\O God, when you went out before your
people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.) [9] \68:8\The earth was
shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai
itself was moved before God, the God of Israel. [10] \68:9\You, O God, did
freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.
[11] \68:10\Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were
comforted by your good things, O God. [12] \68:11\The Lord gives the word;
great is the number of the women who make it public. [13] \68:12\Kings of
armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of
their goods. [14] \68:13\Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the
wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.
[15] \68:14\When the Most High put the kings to flight, it was as white as
snow in Salmon. [16] \68:15\A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill
with high tops is the hill of Bashan. [17] \68:16\Why 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. [18] \68:17\The war-carriage of
God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy
place. [19] \68:18\You 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. [20] \68:19\Praise be to the Lord, who is our
support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.) [21] \68:20\Our
God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death. [22]
\68:21\The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him
who still goes on in his evil ways. [23] \68:22\The Lord said, I will make
them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea; [24]
\68:23\So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your
dogs with the same. [25] \68:24\We see your going, O God: even the going of
my God, my King, into the holy place. [26] \68:25\The makers of songs go
before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on
brass instruments. [27] \68:26\Give praise to God in the great meeting;
even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel. [28] \68:27\There
is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the
rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali. [29] \68:28\O God, send out
your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things
for us, [30] \68:29\Out of your Temple in Jerusalem. [31] \68:30\Say 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.
[32] \68:31\Kings 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. [33] \68:32\Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.) [34] \68:33\To him who goes or
the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends
out his voice of power. [35] \68:34\Make clear that strength is God's: he
is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds. [36] \68:35\O
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.
