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         <div class="label">68</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A song.</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> GOD IS [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the presence of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> Sing to God, sing praises to His name, cast up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts&#8211;His name is the Lord&#8211;be in high spirits </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> glory before Him!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> A father of the fatherless and a judge </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> protector of the widows </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> God in His holy habitation.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> God places the solitary in families </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness&#8211;Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!&#8211;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down [rain] at the presence of God; yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> confirm Your heritage when it languished </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> was weary.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> needy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content"> The Lord gives the word [of power]; the women who bear </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> publish [the news] are a great host.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> The kings of the enemies' armies, they flee, they flee! She who tarries at home divides the spoil [left behind].</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> Though you [the slackers] may lie among the sheepfolds [in slothful ease, yet for Israel] the wings of a dove are covered with silver, its pinions excessively green with gold [are trophies taken from the enemy].</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content"> When the Almighty scattered kings in [the land], it was as when it snows on Zalmon [a wooded hill near Shechem].</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content"> Is Mount Bashan the high mountain of summits, Mount Bashan [east of the Jordan] the mount of God?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content"> Why do you look with grudging </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain [of the city called Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content"> The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them as He was in Sinai, [so also] in the Holy Place (the sanctuary in Jerusalem).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content"> You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes; You have received gifts of men, yes, of the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there with them. [Eph. 4:8.]</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content"> Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content"> God is to us a God of deliverances </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> salvation; and to God the Lord belongs escape from death [setting us free].</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content"> But God will shatter the heads of His enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still in his trespasses </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> guilty ways.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content"> The Lord said, I will bring back [your enemies] from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content"> That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content"> They see Your goings, O God, even the [solemn processions] of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness].</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content"> The singers go in front, the players on instruments last; between them the maidens are playing on tambourines.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content"> Bless, give thanks, </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> gratefully praise God in full congregations, even the Lord, O you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content"> There is little Benjamin in the lead [in the procession], the princes of Judah and their company, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content"> Your God has commanded your strength [your might in His service and impenetrable hardness to temptation]; O God, display Your might </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> strengthen what You have wrought for us!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content"> [Out of respect] for Your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring gifts to You.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content"> Rebuke the wild beasts dwelling among the reeds [in Egypt], the herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; trample underfoot those who lust for tribute money; scatter the peoples who delight in war.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content"> Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content"> [Sing praises] to Him Who rides upon the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, He sends forth His voice, His mighty voice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content"> Ascribe power </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> might are in the skies.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content"> O God, awe-inspiring, profoundly impressive, </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> terrible are You out of Your holy places; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and fullness of might to His people. Blessed be God!</span></span></div>
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1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation

GOD IS [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him!
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the presence of God.
But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits and glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice!
Sing to God, sing praises to His name, cast up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts–His name is the Lord–be in high spirits and glory before Him!
A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation.
God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness–Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!–
The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down [rain] at the presence of God; yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore and confirm Your heritage when it languished and was weary.
Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor and needy.
The Lord gives the word [of power]; the women who bear and publish [the news] are a great host.
The kings of the enemies' armies, they flee, they flee! She who tarries at home divides the spoil [left behind].
Though you [the slackers] may lie among the sheepfolds [in slothful ease, yet for Israel] the wings of a dove are covered with silver, its pinions excessively green with gold [are trophies taken from the enemy].
When the Almighty scattered kings in [the land], it was as when it snows on Zalmon [a wooded hill near Shechem].
Is Mount Bashan the high mountain of summits, Mount Bashan [east of the Jordan] the mount of God?
Why do you look with grudging and envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain [of the city called Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them as He was in Sinai, [so also] in the Holy Place (the sanctuary in Jerusalem).
You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes; You have received gifts of men, yes, of the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there with them. [Eph. 4:8.]
Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
God is to us a God of deliverances and salvation; and to God the Lord belongs escape from death [setting us free].
But God will shatter the heads of His enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still in his trespasses and guilty ways.
The Lord said, I will bring back [your enemies] from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,
That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe.
They see Your goings, O God, even the [solemn processions] of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness].
The singers go in front, the players on instruments last; between them the maidens are playing on tambourines.
Bless, give thanks, and gratefully praise God in full congregations, even the Lord, O you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel.
There is little Benjamin in the lead [in the procession], the princes of Judah and their company, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
Your God has commanded your strength [your might in His service and impenetrable hardness to temptation]; O God, display Your might and strengthen what You have wrought for us!
[Out of respect] for Your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring gifts to You.
Rebuke the wild beasts dwelling among the reeds [in Egypt], the herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; trample underfoot those who lust for tribute money; scatter the peoples who delight in war.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
[Sing praises] to Him Who rides upon the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, He sends forth His voice, His mighty voice.
Ascribe power and strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength and might are in the skies.
O God, awe-inspiring, profoundly impressive, and terrible are You out of Your holy places; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and fullness of might to His people. Blessed be God!

සවන් දෙන්න Psalm 68