Psalms 68
68
The Glory of God in His Goodness to Israel
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.
1Let #Num. 10:35God arise,
Let His enemies be scattered;
Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
2#(Is. 9:18); Hos. 13:3As smoke is driven away,
So drive them away;
#Ps. 97:5; Mic. 1:4As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3But #Ps. 32:11let the righteous be glad;
Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.
4Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
#Deut. 33:26Extol Him who rides on the clouds,
#(Ex. 6:3)By His name Yah,
And rejoice before Him.
5#(Ps. 10:14, 18; 146:9)A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6#Ps. 107:4–7God sets the solitary in families;
#Acts 12:6–11He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But #Ps. 107:34the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7O God, #Ex. 13:21; (Hab. 3:13)when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness,
Selah
8The earth shook;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9#Lev. 26:4; Deut. 11:11; Job 5:10; Ezek. 34:26You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.
10Your congregation dwelt in it;
#Deut. 26:5; Ps. 74:19You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.
11The Lord gave the word;
Great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
12“Kings#Num. 31:8; Josh. 10:16; Judg. 5:19 of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home divides the spoil.
13#Ps. 81:6Though you lie down among the sheepfolds,
#Ps. 105:37You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her feathers with yellow gold.”
14#Josh. 10:10When the Almighty scattered kings in it,
It was white as snow in Zalmon.
15A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
16Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks?
#(Deut. 12:5); 1 Kin. 9:3This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in;
Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.
17#Deut. 33:2; Dan. 7:10The chariots of God are twenty thousand,
Even thousands of thousands;
The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place.
18#Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9; Eph. 4:8; Phil. 2:9; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3You have ascended on high,
#Judg. 5:12You have led captivity captive;
#Acts 2:4, 33; 10:44–46; (1 Cor. 12:4–11; Eph. 4:7–12)You have received gifts among men,
Even from #(1 Tim. 1:13)the rebellious,
#Ps. 78:60That the Lord God might dwell there.
19Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation!
Selah
20Our God is the God of salvation;
And #(Deut. 32:39)to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
21But #Hab. 3:13God will wound the head of His enemies,
#Ps. 55:23The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.
22The Lord said, “I will bring #Num. 21:33; Deut. 30:1–9; Amos 9:1–3back from Bashan,
I will bring them back #Ex. 14:22from the depths of the sea,
23#Ps. 58:10That your foot may crush them in blood,
#1 Kin. 21:19; Jer. 15:3And the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
24They have seen Your procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25#1 Chr. 13:8The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
26Bless God in the congregations,
The Lord, from #Deut. 33:28; Is. 48:1the fountain of Israel.
27#Judg. 5:14; 1 Sam. 9:21There is little Benjamin, their leader,
The princes of Judah and their company,
The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.
28Your God has #Ps. 42:8; Is. 26:12commanded your strength;
Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us.
29Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
#1 Kin. 10:10, 25; 2 Chr. 32:23; Ps. 45:12; 72:10; Is. 18:7Kings will bring presents to You.
30Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,
#Ps. 22:12The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Till everyone #2 Sam. 8:2submits himself with pieces of silver.
Scatter the peoples who delight in war.
31#Is. 19:19–23Envoys will come out of Egypt;
#Is. 45:14; Zeph. 3:10Ethiopia will quickly #Ps. 44:20stretch out her hands to God.
32Sing to God, you #(Ps. 67:3, 4)kingdoms of the earth;
Oh, sing praises to the Lord,
Selah
33To Him #Deut. 33:26; Ps. 18:10who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old!
Indeed, He sends out His voice, a #Ps. 46:6; Is. 30:30mighty voice.
34#Ps. 29:1Ascribe strength to God;
His excellence is over Israel,
And His strength is in the clouds.
35O God, #Ps. 76:12You are more awesome than Your holy places.
The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!
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Psalm 68
68
God Shall Scatter His Enemies
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
1 #
Num. 10:35; Isa. 33:3 God shall arise, his enemies shall be #[Ps. 89:10; 92:9]scattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!
2As #See Ps. 37:20 smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
#
Ps. 22:14; 97:5; Mic. 1:4 as wax melts before fire,
so the wicked shall perish before God!
3But #See Ps. 32:11the righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!
4Sing to God, #Ps. 66:4 sing praises to his name;
# [Isa. 62:10] lift up a song to him who #ver. 33; [Ps. 18:10] rides through #Isa. 40:3 the deserts;
his name is #Ps. 89:8the Lord;
exult before him!
5 # See Ps. 10:14 Father of the fatherless and #Deut. 10:18protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.
6God #Ps. 113:9; 1 Sam. 2:5 settles the solitary in a home;
he #Ps. 69:33; 107:10, 14; 146:7; Acts 12:7; 16:26 leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but #ver. 18 the rebellious dwell in #[Ps. 107:33, 40]a parched land.
7O God, when you #Ex. 13:21; Judg. 4:14; Hab. 3:13; Zech. 14:3 went out before your people,
#
Judg. 5:4 when you marched through #Ps. 78:40the wilderness, Selah
8 #
Ex. 19:18; Judg. 5:4 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God,#68:8 Or before God, even Sinai before God the God of Israel.
9 # See Ps. 65:9, 10 Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10your flock#68:10 Or your congregation found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you #Ps. 65:9; 78:20provided for the needy.
11The Lord gives #[Ps. 33:9] the word;
# [Ex. 15:20; 1 Sam. 18:6] the women who announce the news are a great host:
12 #
Ps. 110:5; [Num. 31:8; Josh. 10:16; Judg. 5:19]; See Josh. 12:7-24 “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”
The women at home #Judg. 5:30divide the spoil—
13though you men lie among #[Gen. 49:14; Judg. 5:16]the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with shimmering gold.
14When the Almighty scatters kings there,
let snow fall on #Judg. 9:48Zalmon.
15O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked#68:15 Or hunch-backed; also verse 16 mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God #Ps. 132:13, 14; [Ps. 78:54; 87:1, 2; Deut. 12:5]desired for his abode,
yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
17 #
2 Kgs. 6:17; Hab. 3:8 The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 #
Ps. 7:7; 47:5; Cited Eph. 4:8; [Acts 1:9] You ascended on high,
#
Judg. 5:12 leading a host of captives in your train
and #[Acts 2:4, 33] receiving gifts among men,
even among #[Rom. 5:8; 1 Tim. 1:13] the rebellious, #Ps. 78:60; Ex. 29:45; Rev. 21:3; [John 14:23]that the Lord God may dwell there.
19Blessed be the Lord,
who daily #[Isa. 46:4]bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah
20Our God is a God of salvation,
#
Deut. 32:39; Eccles. 7:18; Rev. 1:18 and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
21 #
Ps. 110:6; Hab. 3:13 But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
22The Lord said,
“I will bring them back #Num. 21:33 from Bashan,
# See Amos 9:2-4 I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23that you may #Ps. 58:10 strike your feet in their blood,
that #[1 Kgs. 21:19; 22:38]the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”
24Your procession is#68:24 Or has been seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 #
Ps. 47:5; 1 Chr. 13:8; 15:16 the singers in front, #See Ps. 33:3 the musicians last,
between them #Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34virgins playing tambourines:
26 #
Ps. 22:25; 26:12 “Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O you#68:26 The Hebrew for you is plural here who are of #Deut. 33:28; Isa. 48:1; [Isa. 51:1]Israel’s fountain!”
27There is #[1 Sam. 9:21] Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of #[Judg. 5:18]Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28 # See Ps. 42:8 Summon your power, O God,#68:28 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Your God has summoned your power
the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
29Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings shall #Ps. 45:12; 76:11; 1 Kgs. 10:10, 25; 2 Chr. 32:23; Isa. 18:7bear gifts to you.
30Rebuke #Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6; Ezek. 29:3, 4; [Ezek. 32:2] the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
the herd of #Ps. 22:12 bulls with the calves of the peoples.
# [2 Sam. 8:2, 6] Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.#68:30 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
31Nobles shall come from #Isa. 19:19, 21 Egypt;
#
Ps. 87:4; Isa. 45:14; Zeph. 3:10 Cush shall hasten to #Ps. 44:20stretch out her hands to God.
32 #
Ps. 102:22
O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33to him #Ps. 18:10; 104:3; Deut. 33:26 who rides in #Deut. 10:14; 1 Kgs. 8:27 the heavens, the ancient heavens;
behold, he #Ps. 29:4; See Ps. 46:6sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 #
Ps. 29:1 Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose #Ps. 150:1 power is in #Ps. 36:5; 57:10; 108:4the skies.
35 # [Ps. 65:5]; See Ps. 47:2 Awesome is God from his#68:35 Septuagint; Hebrew your #[Ps. 110:2] sanctuary;
the God of Israel—he is the one who gives #Isa. 40:29; See Ps. 29:11power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!
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