Psalms 68:4-25

⁴Sing unto God; sing praises to his name! Prepare a way for him who rideth through the desert! Jehovah is his name; be joyful in his presence!

⁵The father of the fatherless, and the protector of the widow, Is God in his holy habitation.

⁶God causeth the forsaken to dwell in houses; He leadeth forth to prosperity them that are bound; But the rebellious shall dwell in a barren land.

⁷O God! when thou didst go before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness. Pause.

⁸The earth quaked, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God; This Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹Thou, O God! didst send a plentiful rain; Thou didst strengthen thy wearied inheritance.

¹⁰Thy people established themselves in the land; Thou, O God! in thy goodness, didst prepare it for the needy!

¹¹The Lord gave the song of victory Of the maidens publishing glad tidings to the mighty host.

¹²“The kings with their armies have fled, —have fled! And the matron at home divideth the spoil.

¹³Truly ye may repose yourselves in the stalls, Like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her feathers with shining gold.”

¹⁴When the Most High destroyed the kings in the land, It was white with their bones like Salmon.

¹⁵Ye lofty hills, ye hills of Bashan, Ye many-topped hills, ye hills of Bashan,

¹⁶Why frown ye, ye many-topped hills, At the hill in which God is pleased to dwell, In which Jehovah will dwell for ever?

¹⁷The chariots of God are myriads, yea, thousands of thousands; The Lord is in the midst of them, as upon Sinai, in the sanctuary.

¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captive the vanquished, Thou hast received gifts among men, Even the rebellious, that here thou mightst dwell, O LORD God!

¹⁹Praised be the Lord daily! When we are heavy-laden, the Mighty One is our help.

²⁰Our God is a God of salvation; From the Lord Jehovah cometh deliverance from death.

²¹But God smiteth the head of his enemies, Even the hairy crowns of those who go on in their iniquity.

²²“I will bring them back,” saith the Lord, “from Bashan; I will bring them back from the deep sea;

²³That thy foot may be dipped in their blood, That thy dogs may drink the blood of thine enemies.”

²⁴We have seen thy procession, O God! The procession of my God, my king, to his sanctuary!

²⁵The singers go before, the minstrels follow, Amidst damsels playing on timbrels.