Psalms 68:5-18

5Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

6God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

7O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

8the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

9Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;

10your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

11The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:

12"The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!" The women at home divide the spoil—

13though you men lie among 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 Zalmon.

15O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!

16Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

17The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

18You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.