As (A)smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
    (B)as wax melts before fire,
    so the wicked shall perish before God!
But (C)the righteous shall be glad;
    they shall exult before God;
    they shall be jubilant with joy!

Sing to God, (D)sing praises to his name;
    (E)lift up a song to him who (F)rides through (G)the deserts;
his name is (H)the Lord;
    exult before him!
(I)Father of the fatherless and (J)protector of widows
    is God in his holy habitation.
God (K)settles the solitary in a home;
    he (L)leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
    but (M)the rebellious dwell in (N)a parched land.

O God, when you (O)went out before your people,
    (P)when you marched through (Q)the wilderness, Selah
(R)the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
    before God, the One of Sinai,
    before God,[a] the God of Israel.
(S)Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
    you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 your flock[b] found a dwelling in it;
    in your goodness, O God, you (T)provided for the needy.

11 The Lord gives (U)the word;
    (V)the women who announce the news are a great host:

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:8 Or before God, even Sinai before God
  2. Psalm 68:10 Or your congregation

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