Psalms 68:16-34

¹⁶Why do you look in envy, you high hill country, at the mountain which God desires for the place he will live? Indeed, Yahweh will live in it forever.

¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them in the holy place, as at Sinai.

¹⁸You have ascended on high; you have led away captives; you have received gifts from among men, even from those who fought against you, so that you, Yahweh God, might live there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, the God who is our salvation. Selah

²⁰Our God is a God who saves; Yahweh the Lord is the one who is able to rescue us from death.

²¹But God will strike through the heads of his enemies, through the hairy scalps of those who walk in offenses against him.

²²The Lord said, “I will bring my enemies back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea

²³so that you may crush your enemies, dipping your foot in blood, and so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from your enemies.”

²⁴They have seen your processions, God, the processions of my God, my King, into the holy place.

²⁵The singers went first, the minstrels followed after, and in the middle were the unmarried girls playing tambourines.

²⁶Bless God in the assemblies; praise Yahweh, you who are from the fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is first Benjamin, the smallest tribe, then the leaders of Judah and their multitudes, the leaders of Zebulun and the leaders of Naphtali.

²⁸Your God, Israel, has decreed your strength; reveal to us your power, God, as you have revealed it in times past.

²⁹Reveal your power to us from your temple at Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.

³⁰Shout in battle against the wild beasts in the reeds, against the peoples, that multitude of bulls and calves. Humiliate them and make them bring you gifts; scatter the peoples who love to wage war.

³¹Princes will come out of Egypt; Cush will hurry to reach out with her hands to God.

³²Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; Selah Sing praises to Yahweh.

³³To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which exist from ancient times; see, he lifts up his voice with power.

³⁴Ascribe strength to God; his majesty is over Israel, and his strength is in the skies.