Psalms 68 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 67:1>Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself. <V 67:2>May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face. God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him! For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song. May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
2 <V 67:3>Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God. As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God! May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
3 <V 67:4>And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness. But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy! But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
4 <V 67:5>Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face, Sing 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! Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.
5 <V 67:6>the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place. Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
6 <V 67:7>It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers. God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7 <V 67:8>O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert, O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,
8 <V 67:9>the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel. the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9 <V 67:10>You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect. Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished; You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 <V 67:11>Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor. your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy. Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.
11 <V 67:12>The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue. The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host: The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:
12 <V 67:13>The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils. “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!” The women at home divide the spoil— “Kings and armies flee in haste; the women at home divide the plunder.
13 <V 67:14>If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold. though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold. Even while you sleep among the sheep pens, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”
14 <V 67:15>When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon. When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon. When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.
15 <V 67:16>The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain. O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan! Mount Bashan, majestic mountain, Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 <V 67:17>So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end. Why 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? why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?
17 <V 67:18>The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place. The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary. The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
18 <V 67:19>You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God. You 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. When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious— that you, LORD God, might dwell there.
19 <V 67:20>Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
20 <V 67:21>Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death. Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death. Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
21 <V 67:22>So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses. But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways. Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22 <V 67:23>The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea, The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea, The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
23 <V 67:24>so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same. that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.” that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”
24 <V 67:25>O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place. Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary— Your procession, God, has come into view, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25 <V 67:26>The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels. the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines: In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
26 <V 67:27>In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel. “Bless God in the great congregation, the LORD, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!” Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
27 <V 67:28>In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali. There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah’s princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
28 <V 67:29>Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us. Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us. Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.
29 <V 67:30>Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you. Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you. Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.
30 <V 67:31>Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars. Rebuke 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. Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
31 <V 67:32>Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God. Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God. Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God.
32 <V 67:33>Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God. O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord,
33 <V 67:34>He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue. to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice. to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, who thunders with mighty voice.
34 <V 67:35>Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds. Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies. Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens.
35 <V 67:36>God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God. Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God! You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
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