Psalms 68
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Psalm 68
Praise and Thanksgiving
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.
1 #
Num 10.35; Isa 33.3 Let God rise up; let his enemies be scattered;
let those who hate him flee before him.
2 #
Ps 97.5; Isa 9.18; Hos 13.3; Mic 1.4 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
let the wicked perish before God.
3 #
Ps 32.11
But let the righteous be joyful;
let them exult before God;
let them be jubilant with joy.
4 #
Ps 66.2; 83.18; Isa 40.3; 57.14 Sing to God; sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds#68.4 Or cast up a highway for him who rides through the deserts—
his name is the LORD—
be exultant before him.
5 #
Deut 10.18; 26.15; Ps 146.9 Father of orphans and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.
6 #
Ps 107.34; 113.9; Acts 12.6 God gives the desolate a home to live in;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a parched land.
7 #
Ex 13.21; Judg 4.14 O God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
8 #
Ex 19.16, 18; Judg 5.4 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain
at the presence of God, the God of Sinai,
at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 #
Deut 11.11
Rain in abundance, O God, you showered abroad;
you restored your heritage when it languished;
10 #
Deut 26.5; Ps 74.19 your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
11The Lord gives the command;
great is the company of those#68.11 Or company of the women who bore the tidings:
12 #
1 Sam 30.24; Ps 135.11 “The kings of the armies, they flee, they flee!”
The women at home divide the spoil,
13 #
Gn 49.14
though they stay among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with green gold.
14 #
Josh 10.10
When the Almighty#68.14 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai scattered kings there,
snow fell on Zalmon.
15O mighty mountain, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 #
Deut 12.5; Ps 87.1, 2 Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
where the LORD will reside forever?
17 #
Deut 33.2; Dan 7.10 With mighty chariotry, twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands,
the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.#68.17 Cn: Heb The Lord among them Sinai in the holy (place)
18 #
Judg 5.12; Acts 1.9; Eph 4.8; 1 Tim 1.13 You ascended the high mount,
leading captives in your train
and receiving gifts from people,
even from those who rebel against the LORD God’s abiding there.
19 #
Ps 55.22; 65.5 Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah
20 #
Ps 49.15; 56.13 Our God is a God of salvation,
and to GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
21 #
Ps 55.23; 110.6 But God will shatter the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of those who walk in their guilty ways.
22 #
Ex 14.22; Num 21.33 The Lord said,
“I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 #
1 Kings 21.9; Ps 58.10 so that you may bathe#68.23 Gk Syr Tg: Heb shatter your feet in blood,
so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe.”
24 #
Ps 63.2; 77.13 Your solemn processions are seen,#68.24 Or have been seen O God,
the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 #
Judg 11.34; 1 Chr 13.8 the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them young women playing tambourines:
26 #
Deut 33.28; Ps 26.12; Isa 48.1 “Bless God in the great congregation,
the LORD, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!”
27 #
1 Sam 9.21
There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in a body,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28Summon your might, O God;
show your strength, O God, as you have done for us before.
29 #
Ps 72.10
Because of your temple at Jerusalem,
kings bear gifts to you.
30 #
Ps 22.12; 89.10 Rebuke the wild animals that live among the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample#68.30 Cn: Heb Trampling under foot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.#68.30 Meaning of Heb of 68.30 is uncertain
31 #
Isa 19.19; 45.14 Let bronze be brought from Egypt;
let Cush hasten to stretch out its hands to God.
32Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 #
Deut 10.14; Ps 18.10; 29.4; 46.6 O rider in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
listen, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 #
Ps 29.1
Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel
and whose power is in the skies.
35 #
Ps 29.11; 47.2; 66.20 Awesome is God in his#68.35 Gk: Heb from your sanctuary,
the God of Israel;
he gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!
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