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68:1  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song. God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!
68:2  As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
68:3  But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
68:4  Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him!
68:5  Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
68:6  God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
68:7  O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
68:8  the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
68:9  Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;
68:10  your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
68:11  The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:
68:12  “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!” The women at home divide the spoil—
68:13  though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
68:14  When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon.
68:15  O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
68:16  Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell for ever?
68:17  The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
68:18  You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.
68:19  Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah
68:20  Our God is a God of salvation, and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
68:21  But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
68:22  The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
68:23  that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”
68:24  Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
68:25  the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
68:26  “Bless God in the great congregation, the Lord, O you who are of Israel's fountain!”
68:27  There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
68:28  Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
68:29  Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you.
68:30  Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.
68:31  Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
68:32  O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah
68:33  to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
68:34  Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies.
68:35  Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!