Psalms 68:5-18

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

6God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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

8The earth shook; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance, When it was weary.

10Your congregation dwelt in it; You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.

11The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it:

12“Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home divides the spoil.

13Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her feathers with yellow gold.”

14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, It was white as snow in Zalmon.

15A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

16Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in; Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, Even thousands of thousands; The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place.

18You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the Lord God might dwell there.