Psalms 68:1-10

¹For the chief musician; A psalm of David, a song. Let God arise; let his enemies be scattered; let those also who hate him flee before him.

²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish in the presence of God.

³But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; may they rejoice and be happy.

⁴Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Praise the one who rides through the plains of the Jordan River valley! Yahweh is his name! Rejoice before him!

⁵A father of the fatherless, a judge of the widows, is God in the holy place where he lives.

⁶God puts the lonely into families; he brings out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a parched land.

⁷God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

⁸The earth trembled; the heavens also dropped rain in God's presence, in the presence of God when he came to Sinai, in the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹You, God, sent a plentiful rain; you strengthened your inheritance when it was weary.

¹⁰Your people lived in it; You, God, gave from your goodness to the poor.