Psalm 68
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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:
12[an error occurred while processing this directive]12“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!” The women at home divide the spoil—
13[an error occurred while processing this directive]13though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon.
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the LORD will dwell forever?
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18[an error occurred while processing this directive]18You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
19[an error occurred while processing this directive]19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah
20[an error occurred while processing this directive]20Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
21[an error occurred while processing this directive]21But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
22[an error occurred while processing this directive]22The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23[an error occurred while processing this directive]23that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”
24[an error occurred while processing this directive]24Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25[an error occurred while processing this directive]25the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
26[an error occurred while processing this directive]26“Bless God in the great congregation, the LORD, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!”
27[an error occurred while processing this directive]27There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28[an error occurred while processing this directive]28Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
29[an error occurred while processing this directive]29Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you.
30[an error occurred while processing this directive]30Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.
31[an error occurred while processing this directive]31Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
32[an error occurred while processing this directive]32O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33[an error occurred while processing this directive]33to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34[an error occurred while processing this directive]34Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies.
35[an error occurred while processing this directive]35Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!
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Psalm 67
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