Psalms 68:5-18

5A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

6God makes a home for the lonely; He leads the prisoners into prosperity, Only the stubborn and rebellious dwell in a parched land.

7O God, when You went out before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.

8The earth trembled; The heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9You, O God, sent abroad plentiful rain; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched and weary.

10Your flock found a dwelling place in it; O God, in Your goodness You provided for the poor.

11The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan]; The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army);

12“The kings of the [enemies’] armies flee, they flee, And the beautiful woman who remains at home divides the spoil [left behind].”

13When you lie down [to rest] among the sheepfolds, You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver, Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

14When the Almighty scattered [the Canaanite] kings in the land of Canaan, It was snowing on Zalmon.

15A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A [high] mountain of many summits is Mount Bashan [rising east of the Jordan].

16Why do you look with envy, mountains with many peaks, At the mountain [of the city of Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell there forever.

17The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.

18You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.