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          DASV: Psalm 68    

For the music director, of David, a psalm, a song

1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered;
     let those who hate him flee before him.
2 Blow them away like smoke,
     like wax melting before the fire,
           so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad;
     let them rejoice before God;
           let them rejoice with gladness.

4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
     exalt the one who rides on the clouds;
      his name is the LORD,
     and rejoice before him.
5 A father for the fatherless,
     and an advocate for the widows,
           is God in his holy habitation.
6 God puts the lonely in families;
     he brings out the prisoners to prosperity,
           but the rebellious dwell in a scorched desert.

7 O God, when you went out before your people,
     when you marched through the desert, Selah
8 the earth quaked,
     the heavens poured rain at the presence of God,
           the God of Sinai,
      at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 You, O God, sent plentiful rain;
     you refreshed your inheritance when it was weary.
10 Your creatures settled in it;
     you provided your goodness for the poor, O God.

11 The Lord gives the word,
     and a great army proclaims the news.
12 Kings of armies flee, they flee,
     while the women at home divide the spoil.
13 When you lie among the sheepfolds,
     the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
           her wings with glittering gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings there,
     it was like snow falling on Mount Zalmon.

15 The mighty mountain of Bashan,
     a mountain with many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
16 Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountain,
     at the mountain God has desired for his abode?
           Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.
17 The countless thousands of God's chariots,
     the Lord comes from Sinai into his holy place.
18 You have ascended on high;
     you have led away captives;
           you have received gifts from men,
           even the rebellious,
      now the LORD God dwells there.

19 Praise the Lord, who daily carries our burden;
     God is our salvation. Selah
20 Our God is a God who delivers;
     the LORD, the sovereign Lord, rescues from death.
21 But God will shatter the head of his enemies,
     the hairy crown of the one who walks on in his guilty way.
22 The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan;
     I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 so that you may trample your foot in their blood,
     that the tongue of your dogs may get a piece of your enemies."

24 They see your processions, O God,
     even the processions of my God,
           my King, into the sanctuary.
25 The singers walk before,
     the musicians follow behind,
           in the middle the young women play the tambourines.
26 Praise God in the congregation,
     the Lord, in the multitude of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin as their leader,
     the princes of Judah in their throng,
     the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Summon your power, O God;
     show your strength, O God,
           just as you did for us before.
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem,
     kings will bring tribute to you.
30 Rebuke the wild beasts that live in the reeds,
     the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples.
           Trample underfoot those who bring silver tribute;
      scatter the peoples that delight in war.
31 Ambassadors will come out of Egypt;
     Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
     sing praises to the Lord. Selah
33 To him who rides through the sky from ancient times;
      he utters his voice, a mighty thunder.
34 Ascribe strength to God;
     his majesty is over Israel,
           and his power is in the skies.
35 O God, you are awesome emerging from your sanctuary;
     the God of Israel, gives strength and power to his people.
           Praise be to God.

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