Psalms 68:16-34

¹⁶Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

¹⁷The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.

¹⁸You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

¹⁹Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.)

²⁰Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.

²¹The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

²²The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;

²³So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

²⁴We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place.

²⁵The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

²⁶Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.

²⁸O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things for us,

²⁹Out of your Temple in Jerusalem.

³⁰Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.

³¹Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.

³²Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.)

³³To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.

³⁴Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.