Ps 68
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For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David. - Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered;
and let them that hate him flee from before him.
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As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners
perish from before God.
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But let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted with
joy.
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Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him whom rides upon the west
(the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face
of him,
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who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy
place.
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God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that
act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.
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O God, when you went forth before your people, when you went through the wilderness;
Pause:
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the earth quaked, yea, the heavens dropped water at the presence of the God of Sina,
at the presence of the God of Israel.
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O God, you will grant to your inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but you
did refresh it.
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Your See the Hebrew creatures dwell in it: you have in your goodness prepared for the poor.
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The Lord God will give a word to them that preach it in a great company.
12
The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved, will even grant them for the
beauty of the house to divide the spoils.
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Even if you should lie among the lots, you shall have the wings of a dove covered
with silver, and her breast with Lit. greenness of gold yellow gold.
14
When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it, they shall be made snow-white in Selmon.
15
The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a Gr. curled like cheese swelling mountain, a rich mountain.
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Wherefore do you conceive evil, you swelling mountains? this is the mountain which
God has delighted to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
17
The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is
among them, in Sina, in the holy place.
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Gr. having gone up You are gone up on high, you have led captivity captive, you have received gifts
for man, yea, for they were rebellious, that you might dwell among them.
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Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall
prosper us. Pause.
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Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death.
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But God shall crust the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in
their trespasses.
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The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring my people again through
the depths of the sea.
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That your foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of your dogs be stained with
that of your enemies.
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Your goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary.
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The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels
playing on timbrels.
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Praise God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountains of Israel.
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There is Benjamin the younger one in ecstasy, the princes of Juda their rulers, the
princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
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O God, command you your strength: strengthen, O God, this which you have wrought in
us.
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Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to you.
30
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the
nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut
out: scatter you the nations that wish for wars.
31
Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand
readily to God.
32
Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. Pause.
33
Sing to God that Gr. mounts, or, has mounted rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward: behold, he will utter a mighty sound
with
his voice.
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Give you glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.
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God is wonderful Or, among his holy ones in his holy places, the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people:
blessed be God.