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Psalm 68. Exsurgat Deus.
LET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; * let them also
that hate him flee before him.
2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away;
* and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish
at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before God; * let
them also be merry and joyful.
4 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name; magnify him
that rideth upon the heavens; * praise him in his Name JAH, and
rejoice before him.
5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of
the widows; * even God in his holy habitation.
6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house,
and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity; * but letteth the
runagates continue in scarceness.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the people; * when thou
wentest through the wilderness,
8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of
God; * even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who
is the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance,
* and refreshedst it when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein; * for thou, O God, hast
of thy goodness prepared for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word; * great was the company of women that
bare the tidings.
12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited, *
and they of the household divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lain among the sheep-folds, yet shall ye be
as the wings of a dove * that is covered with silver wings, and
her feathers like gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake, * then were
they as white as snow in Salmon.
15 As the hill of Bashan, so is God's hill; * even an high hill,
as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why mock ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the
which it pleaseth him to dwell; * yea, the LORD will abide in
it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of
angels; * and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of
Sinai.
18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive,
and received gifts from men; * yea, even from thine enemies,
that the LORD God might dwell among them.
19 Praised be the Lord daily, * even the God who helpeth us,
and poureth his benefits upon us.
20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: * GOD
is the Lord, by whom we escape death.
21 God shall wound the head of his enemies, * and the hairy scalp
of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness.
22 The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again, as I did
from Bashan; * mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime
from the deep of the sea.
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies,
* and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same.
24 It is well seen, O God, how thou goest; * how thou, my God
and King, goest in the sanctuary.
25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, * in the
midst of the damsels playing with the timbrels.
26 Give thanks unto God the Lord in the congregation, * ye that
are of the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah
their council; * the princes of Zebulon, and the princes of Naphthali.
28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee; * stablish the
thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us,
29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem; * so shall kings bring
presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke thou the dragon and the bull, with the leaders of the
heathen, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver; * scatter
thou the peoples that delight in war;
31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt; * the Morians' land
shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth; * O sing praises
unto the Lord;
33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the beginning: *
lo, he doth send out his voice; yea, and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel; * his worship and
strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places: * even the God
of Israel, he will give strength and power unto his people. Blessed
be God.
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