Psalm 68

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁵ A ^(J)father of the fatherless and a ^(K)judge ^[f]for the widows,
Is God in His ^(L)holy habitation.
⁶ God ^[g](M)makes a home for the lonely;
He ^(N)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only ^(O)the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷ O God, when You ^(P)went forth before Your people,
When You ^(Q)marched through the wilderness, ^[h]Selah.
⁸ The ^(R)earth quaked;
The ^(S)heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
^[i](T)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹ You ^(U)shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was ^[j]parched.
¹⁰ Your creatures settled in it;
You ^(V)provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

¹¹ The Lord gives the ^[k]command;
The ^(W)women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:
¹² “^(X)Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will ^(Y)divide the spoil!”
^13 [l]When you lie down ^(Z)among the ^[m]sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.
¹⁴ When the Almighty ^(AA)scattered the kings ^[n]there,
It was snowing in ^(AB)Zalmon.

¹⁵ A ^[o](AC)mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
¹⁶ Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has ^(AD)desired for His abode?
Surely ^(AE)the Lord will dwell there forever.
¹⁷ The ^(AF)chariots of God are ^[p]myriads, ^(AG)thousands upon thousands;
^[q]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
¹⁸ You have ^(AH)ascended on high, You have ^(AI)led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that ^[r]the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^(AJ)bears our burden,
^(AK)The God who is our salvation. Selah.
²⁰ God is to us a ^(AL)God of deliverances;
And ^(AM)to ^[s]God the Lord belong escapes ^[t]from death.
²¹ Surely God will ^(AN)shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.
²² The Lord ^[u]said, “^(AO)I will bring them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
²³ That ^[v](AP)your foot may shatter them in blood,
The tongue of your ^(AQ)dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴ They have seen ^(AR)Your ^[w]procession, O God,
The ^[x]procession of my God, my King, ^[y](AS)into the sanctuary.
²⁵ The ^(AT)singers went on, the musicians after them,
^[z]In the midst of the ^(AU)maidens beating tambourines.
^26 (AV)Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the ^(AW)fountain of Israel.
²⁷ There is ^(AX)Benjamin, the ^[aa]youngest, ^[ab]ruling them,
The princes of Judah in their throng,
The princes of ^(AY)Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

^28 [ac]Your God has ^(AZ)commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, O God, ^(BA)who have acted ^[ad]on our behalf.
^29 [ae]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
^(BB)Kings will bring gifts to You.
³⁰ Rebuke the ^(BC)beasts ^[af]in the reeds,
The herd of ^(BD)bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
He has ^(BE)scattered the peoples who delight in war.
³¹ Envoys will come out of ^(BF)Egypt;
^[ag](BG)Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³² Sing to God, O ^(BH)kingdoms of the earth,
^(BI)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah.
³³ To Him who ^(BJ)rides upon the ^[ah](BK)highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, ^(BL)He ^[ai]speaks forth with His voice, a ^(BM)mighty voice.
^34 (BN)Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And ^(BO)His strength is in the ^[aj]skies.
^35 [ak]O God, You are ^(BP)awesome from Your ^[al]sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself ^(BQ)gives strength and power to the people.
^(BR)Blessed be God!