Psalm 68 Against deep affliction, despair and abandonment. Against dark thoughts. Against denunciations and thieves. Against laziness and drunkenness. For the punishment and confusion of enemies.

Updated : Sat 13 Nov 2021 AM (UTC +1)

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Psalm 68
1 From the singing master. From David. Psalm. Canticle.
2 May God arise, and his enemies are scattered, and his adversaries flee from his presence.
3 As the smoke clears, you dispel them; as wax melts in the face of fire, they perish, the ungodly, in front of God.
4 But the righteous rejoice in the presence of God, they rejoice and dance for joy.
5 Sing to God, play for his name, clear the way for the Rider of the clouds, rejoice in Yahweh, dance before his face.
6 Father of orphans, justice of widows, this is God in his holy place;
7 God gives the isolated the stay of a house, he opens the door of happiness to the captives, but the rebels remain on a dry ground.
8 O God, when you went out before your people, when you trodden the wilderness,
9 the earth trembled; the heavens themselves melted down before God, before God, the God of Israel.
10 Thou hast poured out, O God, a rain of bounties, thy weary inheritance, thou hast established it;
11 your family found a sojourn, which in your goodness, O God, you prepared for the poor.
12 The Lord gave a command, announcing an innumerable army.
13 And the army commanders scampered, scampered, the housewife divides the booty.
14 While you are resting between the two walls, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with a reflection of green gold;

15 When Shaddai scatters kings, it is through her that it snows on the Dark Mountain.
16 Mountain of God, the mountain of Bashan! Gathering mountain, the mountain of Bashan!
17 Why envy, gathering mountains, the mountain which God desired to stay? Yes, Yahweh will remain there until the end.
18 The crews of God are thousands of myriads; the Lord came from Sinai to the sanctuary.
19 You have climbed the heights, captured captives, received tribute from men, even rebels, that Yahweh God might have a home.
20 Blessed be the Lord from day to day! He takes charge of us, the God of our salvation.
21 The God we have is a God of deliverance; to the Lord Yahweh are the issues of death;
22 but God smashes the heads of his enemies, the hairy head of the prowling criminal.
23 The Lord said, "From Bashan I bring back, I bring back the depths of the sea,
24 that you may sink your foot in the blood, that the tongue of your dogs may have its share of enemies. "
25 They have seen your processions, O God, the processions of my God, of my king, into the sanctuary
26 The singers walked in front, the musicians behind, the young girls in the middle, beating the tambourine.
27 In chorus, they blessed God, it is Yahweh, from the origin of Israel.
28 Benjamin was there, the younger leading the way; the princes of Judah in multicolored robes, the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Naphtali.
29 Command, O my God, according to thy might, the power, O God, which thou hast given to us,
30 from your temple above Jerusalem. To you will come kings, bringing gifts.
31 Threaten the beast of the reeds, the herd of bulls with the peoples of calves, who humble themselves with ingots of silver! Scatter the peoples who love war.
32 Great ones will come from Egypt; Ethiopia will stretch out her hands to God.
33 Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, play for
34 the Rider of the heavens, of the ancient heavens.
35 Recognize the power of God. Over Israel its splendor, in the clouds its power
36 dreadful is God from his sanctuary. It is he, the God of Israel, who gives the people strength and power. Blessed be God!

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