Psalms 68:2-32

²As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.

³But the righteous shall rejoice: they shall exult before God and be glad with joy.

⁴Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him.

⁵A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

⁶God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness — (Selah) —

⁸The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.

¹⁰Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!

¹¹The Lord gives the word: great the host of the publishers.

¹²Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

¹³Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, ye shall be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.

¹⁵As mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, as mount Bashan.

¹⁶Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever.

¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.

¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even for the rebellious, for the dwelling there of Jah Elohim.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the God who is our salvation. Selah.

²⁰Our God is the God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth even from death.

²¹Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.

²²The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depth of the sea;

²³That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.

²⁴They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

²⁵The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.

²⁶In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord, — ye from the fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

²⁹Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

³⁰Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: every one submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.

³¹Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God.

³²Ye kingdoms of the earth, sing unto God; sing psalms of the Lord, (Selah,)