Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 68

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song.

1GodH430 arisesH6965. His enemiesH341 are scatteredH6327,and those who hate HimH8130 fleeH5127 His presenceH6440.2As smokeH6227 is blown awayH5086,You will drive them outH5086;as waxH1749 meltsH4549 beforeH6440 the fireH784,the wickedH7563 will perishH6 in the presenceH6440 of GodH430.3But the righteousH6662 will be gladH8055and rejoiceH5970 beforeH6440 GodH430;they will celebrateH7797 with joyH8057.

4SingH7891 to GodH430!Sing praisesH2167 to His nameH8034.ExaltH5549 Him who ridesH7392 on the cloudsH6160 1—His nameH8034 is the LORDH3050—and rejoiceH5937 before HimH6440.5A fatherH1 of the fatherlessH3490and a defenderH1781 of widowsH490is GodH430 in His holyH6944 habitationH4583.6GodH430 settlesH3427 the lonelyH3173 in familiesH1004;He leadsH3318 the prisoners outH615 to prosperityH3574,butH389 the rebelliousH5637 dwellH7931 in a sun-scorchedH6707 land.

7O GodH430, when You went outH3318 beforeH6440 Your peopleH5971,when You marchedH6805 through the wastelandH3452,SelahH55428the earthH776 shookH7493 andH637 the heavensH8064 poured downH5197 rainbeforeH6440 GodH430, the OneH2088 on SinaiH5514,beforeH6440 GodH430, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478.9You sentH5130 abundantH5071 rainH1653, O GodH430;YouH859 refreshedH3559 Your wearyH3811 inheritanceH5159.10Your flockH2416 settledH3427 therein;O GodH430, from Your bountyH2896 You providedH3559 for the poorH6041.

11The LordH136 givesH5414 the commandH562;a greatH7227 companyH6635 of women proclaimH1319 it:12“KingsH4428 and their armiesH6635 flee in hasteH5074;she who waitsH5116 at homeH1004 dividesH2505 the plunderH7998.13ThoughH518 you lie downH7901 amongH996 the sheepfoldsH8240,the wingsH3671 of the doveH3123 are coveredH2645 with silverH3701,and her feathersH3422 with shimmeringH84 goldH2742.”14When the AlmightyH7706 2 scatteredH6566 the kingsH4428 in the land,it was like the snow fallingH7949 on ZalmonH6756.

15A mountainH2022 of GodH430 is MountH2022 BashanH1316;a mountainH2022 of many peaksH1386 is MountH2022 BashanH1316.16WhyH4100 do you gaze in envyH7520, O mountainsH2022 of many peaksH1386?This is the mountainH2022 GodH430 choseH2530 for His dwellingH3427,where the LORDH3068 will surelyH637 dwellH7931 foreverH5331.

17The chariotsH7393 of GodH430 are tens of thousandsH7239—thousandsH505 of thousandsH8136 are they;the LordH136 is in His sanctuaryH6944as He was at SinaiH5514.318You have ascendedH5927 on highH4791;You have led captives awayH7628 H7617.You have receivedH3947 giftsH4979 from menH120,4evenH637 from the rebelliousH5637,that the LORDH3050 GodH430 may dwellH7931 there.19BlessedH1288 be the LordH136,who dailyH3117 bears our burdenH6006,the GodH410 of our salvationH3444.SelahH554220Our GodH410 is a GodH410 of deliveranceH4190;the LordH136 GODH3069 is our rescuerH8444 from deathH4194.21SurelyH389 GodH430 will crushH4272 the headsH7218 of His enemiesH341,the hairyH8181 crownsH6936 of those who persistH1980 in guilty waysH817.22The LordH136 saidH559, “I will retrieveH7725 them from BashanH1316,I will bring them upH7725 from the depthsH4688 of the seaH3220,23thatH4616 your footH7272 may be dippedH4272in the bloodH1818 of your foesH341—the tonguesH3956 of your dogsH3611 inH4480 the same.”

24They have seenH7200 Your processionH1979, O GodH430—the marchH1979 of my GodH410 and KingH4428 into the sanctuaryH6944.25The singersH7891 lead the wayH6923,the musiciansH5059 follow afterH310,amongH8432 the maidensH5959 playing tambourinesH8608.26BlessH1288 GodH430 in the great congregationH4721;bless the LORDH3068 from the fountainH4726 of IsraelH3478.27ThereH8033 is BenjaminH1144, the youngestH6810, ruling themH7287,the princesH8269 of JudahH3063 in their companyH7277,the princesH8269 of ZebulunH2074 and of NaphtaliH5321.

28SummonH6680 Your powerH5797, O GodH430;5show Your strengthH5810, O GodH430,whichH2098 You have exertedH6466 on our behalf.29Because of Your templeH1964 atH5921 JerusalemH3389kingsH4428 will bringH2986 You giftsH7862.30RebukeH1605 the beastH2416 in the reedsH7070,the herdH5712 of bullsH47 among the calvesH5695 of the nationsH5971,until it submitsH7511, bringing barsH7518 of silverH3701.ScatterH967 the nationsH5971 who delightH2654 in warH7128.31EnvoysH2831 will arriveH857 fromH4480 EgyptH4714;CushH3568 6 will stretch outH7323 her handsH3027 to GodH430.

32SingH7891 to GodH430, O kingdomsH4467 of the earthH776;sing praisesH2167 to the LordH136—SelahH554233to Him who ridesH7392 upon the highestH8064 heavensH8064 of oldH6924;beholdH2005, His mightyH5797 voiceH6963 resoundsH5414.34AscribeH5414 the powerH5797 to GodH430,whose majestyH1346 is overH5921 IsraelH3478,whose strengthH5797 is in the skiesH7834.35O GodH430, You are awesomeH3372 in Your sanctuaryH4720;the GodH410 of IsraelH3478 HimselfH1931givesH5414 strengthH5797 and powerH8592 to His peopleH5971.

BlessedH1288 be GodH430!

1. Psalms 68:4 Or rides through the deserts ↩
2. Psalms 68:14 Hebrew Shaddai ↩
3. Psalms 68:17 Or the Lord has come from Sinai in His holiness ↩
4. Psalms 68:18 Cited in Ephesians 4:8 ↩
5. Psalms 68:28 LXX and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned your power ↩
6. Psalms 68:31 That is, the upper Nile region ↩