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68:1  For the music director, a psalm of David, a song.
68:2  Let God arise! Let His enemies be scattered! Let those who hate Him flee before Him.
68:3  As smoke is blown away, may You blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
68:4  But let the righteous be glad. Let them exult before God. Let them rejoice with gladness.
68:5  Sing to God, sing praises to His Name. Prepare the road for Him who rides through the deserts, whose Name is Adonai— and rejoice before Him.
68:6  A father of orphans, defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling.
68:7  God settles the lonely in a home. He leads prisoners out to prosperity. But the rebellious live in a parched land.
68:8  O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the desert—Selah—
68:9  the earth shook, the heavens rained at the presence of God—the One of Sinai— at the presence of God, God of Israel.
68:10  You poured down abundant rain, O God. You sustained Your weary inheritance.
68:11  Your community settled in it. In Your goodness, O God, You provided for the poor.
68:12  The Lord gives the word— a great company of women proclaims the good news.
68:13  “Kings of armies, flee, flee!” She who stays at home divides the spoil.
68:14  When you lie among the campfires, wings of a dove were covered with silver and her feathers with shimmering gold.
68:15  When Shaddai scattered kings there, it was snowing on Zalmon.
68:16  Mount Bashan is a mountain of God. Mount Bashan is a mountain of peaks.
68:17  Why do you gaze with envy, you mountain peaks, at the mountain God desired for His dwelling? Yes, Adonai will dwell there forever!
68:18  The chariots of God are thousands and thousands —my Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
68:19  You went up on high. You led captivity captive. You received gifts from humanity, even from the rebellious— so that God might dwell there.
68:20  Blessed be my Lord! Day by day He bears our burdens— the God of our salvation! Selah
68:21  God is for us—a God of deliverance. Adonai my Lord has escapes from death.
68:22  Surely God crushes the head of His foes, the hairy scalp of one walking in his guilt.
68:23  My Lord said: “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea.
68:24  So your foot may wade in blood, and your dogs’ tongue may have their share of your enemies’ blood.”
68:25  They have seen Your processions, O God— the processions of my God, my King, into the Sanctuary:
68:26  The singers go before, the musicians last, between maidens beating tambourines.
68:27  “Bless God in the congregations— Adonai, from the fountain of Israel.”
68:28  There Benjamin, the youngest, is leading them, there the throng of Judah’s princes, there the princes of Zebulun, there the princes of Naphtali.
68:29  Your God commanded your strength. Strengthen, O God, You who have acted for us.
68:30  From Your Temple above Jerusalem, kings bring You tribute.
68:31  Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves, peoples trampling down pieces of silver. He has scattered the peoples who delight in war!
68:32  Nobles come from Egypt. Cush runs to stretch her hands to God.
68:33  Sing to God, kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord—Selah—
68:34  to Him who rides upon the ancient heavens of heavens. Look, He utters His voice, a mighty voice!
68:35  Ascribe strength to God— His majesty is over Israel and His strength is in the skies.
68:36  O God, You are awesome from Your holy places. The God of Israel gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God!