Psalm 68

New American Standard Bible

⁵ A ^(J)father of the fatherless and a ^(K)judge ^[f]for the widows,
Is God in His ^(L)holy dwelling.
⁶ God ^[g](M)makes a home for the lonely;
He ^(N)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only ^(O)the rebellious live in parched lands.

⁷ God, when You ^(P)went forth before Your people,
When You ^(Q)marched through the desert, Selah
⁸ The ^(R)earth quaked;
The ^(S)heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
^[h](T)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹ You ^(U)made plentiful rain fall, God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was ^[i]parched.
¹⁰ Your creatures settled in it;
In Your kindness You ^(V)provided for the poor, God.

¹¹ The Lord gives the ^[j]command;
The ^(W)women who proclaim good news are a great army:
¹² “^(X)Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will ^(Y)divide the spoils!”
^13 [k]When you lie down ^(Z)among the sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with ^[l]glistening gold.
¹⁴ When the Almighty ^(AA)scattered the kings ^[m]there,
It was snowing in ^(AB)Zalmon.

^15 (AC)The mountain of Bashan is a ^[n]mountain of God;
The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.
¹⁶ Why do you look with envy, you mountains of many peaks,
At the mountain God has ^(AD)desired as His dwelling?
Indeed, ^(AE)the Lord will dwell there forever.
¹⁷ The ^(AF)chariots of God are ^[o]myriads, ^(AG)thousands upon thousands;
^[p]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
¹⁸ You have ^(AH)ascended on high, You have ^(AI)led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among people,
Even among the rebellious as well, that ^[q]the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^(AJ)bears our burden,
^(AK)The God who is our salvation. Selah
²⁰ God is to us a ^(AL)God of salvation;
And ^(AM)to ^[r]God the Lord belong ways of escape ^[s]from death.
²¹ God certainly will ^(AN)shatter the heads of His enemies,
The hairy ^[t]head of one who goes about in his guilt.
²² The Lord ^[u]said, “^(AO)I will bring them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
²³ So that ^[v](AP)your foot may shatter them in blood,
And the tongue of your ^(AQ)dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴ They have seen ^(AR)Your procession, God,
The procession of my God, my King, ^[w](AS)into the sanctuary.
²⁵ The ^(AT)singers went on, the musicians after them,
^[x]In the midst of the ^(AU)young women beating tambourines.
^26 (AV)Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the ^(AW)fountain of Israel.
^27 (AX)Benjamin, the ^[y]youngest, is there, ^[z]ruling them,
The leaders of Judah in their company,
The leaders of ^(AY)Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

^28 [aa]Your God has ^(AZ)commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, God, You ^(BA)who acted ^[ab]in our behalf.
^29 [ac]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
^(BB)Kings will bring gifts to You.
³⁰ Rebuke the ^(BC)animals ^[ad]in the reeds,
The herd of ^(BD)bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling the pieces of silver;
He has ^(BE)scattered the peoples who delight in war.
^31 [ae]Messengers will come from ^(BF)Egypt;
^[af](BG)Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³² Sing to God, you ^(BH)kingdoms of the earth,
^(BI)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah
³³ To Him who ^(BJ)rides upon the ^[ag](BK)highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, ^(BL)He ^[ah]speaks with His voice, a ^(BM)mighty voice.
^34 (BN)Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel,
And ^(BO)His strength is in the ^[ai]skies.
^35 [aj]God, You are ^(BP)awesome from Your ^[ak]sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself ^(BQ)gives strength and power to the people.
^(BR)Blessed be God!