Chapter 68

  {To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.  

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

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

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  Sing 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.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  Why 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.  

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

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  Thou 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.  

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

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  Our ùGod is the ùGod of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth [even] from death.  

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

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

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

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

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

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  In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord, -- [ye] from the fountain of Israel.  

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

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

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

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  Rebuke 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.  

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

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

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  Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.  

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  Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.  

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  Terrible art thou, O God, out of thy sanctuaries, -- the ùGod of Israel! He it is that giveth strength and might unto the people. Blessed be God!  

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