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1 For the one directing. Of David. A Psalm. A Song. God Arises, His enemies are scattered, and those hating Him flee before His face. 2 As smoke is driven away, you will drive them away; like the melting of wax from the face of the fire, the wicked will perish before the face of God. 3 And the righteous will be glad; they will exult before God, and will rejoice exceedingly. 4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name! Lift up to the One riding on the clouds—YAH is His name—and rejoice before His face! 5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of widows, is God, in the habitation of His holiness. 6 God causes the solitary to dwell in a home; He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious ones have dwelt in a scorched land. 7 O God, in Your going forth before the face of Your people, in Your marching through the wilderness, Selah 8 the earth shook; also the heavens poured down before the face of God, the One of Sinai, before the face of God, the God of Israel. 9 You showered rain of freewill offerings, O God; when Your inheritance was weary, You restored it. 10 Your community dwelt in it; You provided for the poor from Your goodness, O God. 11 The Lord gives speech, and those bearing news were a great army: 12 “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee! And she who dwells in the house divides the spoil! 13 Though you⁺ lie down among the sheepfolds—the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold.” 14 When Shaddai scattered the kings in it, it was as the snow on Zalmon. 15 A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of peaks is Mount Bashan! 16 Why do you⁺ gaze in envy, O mountains of peaks? On the mountain where God desires to dwell, YHWH indeed will dwell forever. 17 The chariots of God are myriads—thousands upon thousands! The Lord is among them on Sinai, in the sanctuary. 18 You have gone up to the height, You have led captive captivity; You have received gifts from man, even from the rebellious ones, that YAH God may dwell there. 19 Blessed be the Lord, who day by day lifts us up—the God of our salvation! Selah Psalms 68:1-19, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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