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A song.</p><p class="heading">A Song of Praise to God</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>God arises,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his enemies are scattered.</p> <p class="poetry2">Those who hate him flee from his presence.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="68:1 Lit. face">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away.</p> <p class="poetry2">As wax melts in the presence of fire,</p> <p class="poetry2">so the wicked die in the presence of God.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But the righteous rejoice and exult before God;</p> <p class="poetry2">they are overwhelmed with joy.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Sing to God!</p> <p class="poetry2">Sing praise to his name!</p> <p class="poetry2">Exalt the one who rides on the clouds.</p> <p class="poetry2">The LORD is his name.</p> <p class="poetry2">Be jubilant in his presence.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A father to orphans and an advocate for widows</p> <p class="poetry2">is God in his holy dwelling place.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>God causes the lonely to dwell in families.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="68:6 Lit. in a house">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">He leads prisoners into prosperity,</p> <p class="poetry2">but rebels live on parched land.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>God, when you led out your people,</p> <p class="poetry2">when you marched through the desert,</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>the land quaked.</p> <p class="poetry2">Indeed, the heavens poured down rain</p> <p class="poetry2">from the presence of God,</p> <p class="poetry2">this God of Sinai,</p> <p class="poetry2">from the presence of God,</p> <p class="poetry2">the God of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God, you poured out abundant rain on your inheritance.</p> <p class="poetry2">When Israel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="68:9 Lit. it">c</a></span> was weary, you sustained her.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your people live<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="68:10 Or tribe lives">d</a></span> there;</p> <p class="poetry2">you sustain the needy<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="68:10 Or afflicted">e</a></span> with your goodness, God.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The Lord issues a command.</p> <p class="poetry2">Numerous are the women who announce the news:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Kings of armies retreat and flee,</p> <p class="poetry2">while the lady of the house divides the spoil.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When you men lie down among the sheepfolds,</p> <p class="poetry2">you are like<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="68:13 The Heb. lacks you are like">f</a></span> the wings of the dove covered with silver,</p> <p class="poetry2">with its feathers in glittering gold.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When the Almighty scattered the kings there,</p> <p class="poetry2">there was snow on Mt. Zalmon.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The mountain of God is as the mountain of Bashan;</p> <p class="poetry2">a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You mountains of many peaks, why do you watch with envy</p> <p class="poetry2">the mountain in which God has chosen to dwell?</p> <p class="poetry2">Indeed, the LORD will live there forever.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>God’s chariots were many thousands.</p> <p class="poetry2">The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You ascended to the heights,</p> <p class="poetry2">you took captives.</p> <p class="poetry2">You received gifts among mankind,</p> <p class="poetry2">even the rebellious,</p> <p class="poetry2">so the LORD God may live there.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="68:18 The Heb. lacks there">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Blessed be the Lord who daily carries us.</p> <p class="poetry2">God is our deliverer.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>God is for us the God of our deliverance.</p> <p class="poetry2">The Lord GOD rescues us from death.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>God surely strikes the heads of his enemies,</p> <p class="poetry2">even the hairy heads of those who continue in their guilt.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The Lord says, “From Bashan I will bring them,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will bring them from the depths of the sea,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>that your feet may wade through blood.</p> <p class="poetry2">The tongues of your dogs will have their portions</p> <p class="poetry2">from your enemies.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They have observed your processions, God,</p> <p class="poetry2">the processions of my God,</p> <p class="poetry2">my king, in the sanctuary.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The singers are in front,</p> <p class="poetry2">the musicians follow,</p> <p class="poetry2">strumming their stringed instruments</p> <p class="poetry2">among the maidens who are playing their tambourines.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Bless God in the great congregation,</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD who is the fountain of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Little Benjamin is there, leading them,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the princes of Judah all together</p> <p class="poetry2">with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Summon the power of your God,</p> <p class="poetry2">the power, God, that you have shown us.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Because of your Temple in Jerusalem,</p> <p class="poetry2">kings bring tribute to you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Rebuke the wildlife that lives among the reeds,</p> <p class="poetry2">the nations that congregate like bulls and cows,</p> <p class="poetry2">humbling themselves with pieces of silver,</p> <p class="poetry2">for God<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="68:30 Lit. he">h</a></span> scatters the nations that delight in battle.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Envoys will come from Egypt.</p> <p class="poetry2">Let the Ethiopians stretch out their hands to God.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>You kingdoms of the earth, sing to God!</p> <p class="poetry2">Sing praises to the Lord,</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>to the one who rides the heavens, the ancient heavens.</p> <p class="poetry2">Behold! He thunders with a mighty voice.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Ascribe power to God, whose glory is over Israel,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose power is in the skies.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/68-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>You are awesome, God, from your sanctuaries.</p> <p class="poetry2">The God of Israel is the one</p> <p class="poetry2">who gives strength and power to the people.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">Blessed be God!</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 68:1 Lit.<i> face</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 68:6 Lit. <i>in a house</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 68:9 Lit. <i>it</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 68:10 Or <i>tribe lives</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 68:10 Or <i>afflicted</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 68:13 The Heb. lacks <i>you are like</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 68:18 The Heb. lacks <i>there</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 68:30 Lit. <i>he</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/67.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 67"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 67" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/69.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 69"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 69" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/psalms/68-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>