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God will rise; his enemies shall be scattered, and they hating him shall flee from his face.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As smoke being dispersed thou wilt disperse: as wax melting from the face of fire, the unjust shall perish from the face of God.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the just shall be glad; they shall rejoice before God, and they shall rejoice with gladness.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Sing ye to God; play on the harp to his name: raise him up to ride in the evenings, in Jah his name, and rejoice before him.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A father of orphans and a judge of widows, God in his holy habitation.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>God setting the only ones in the house, bringing forth the bound into prosperities, but those turning away dwelt in a dry land.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O God, in thy going forth before thy people, in thy stepping in the desert. Silence.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The earth shook, also the heavens dropped from the face of God, this Sinai from the face of God, the God of Israel.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Thou wilt scatter a rain of abundance, O God, to thine inheritance, and being weary thou didst make it firm.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Thy living ones dwelt in it: thou wilt prepare in thy goodness for the poor, O God.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Jehovah will give the word: to those announcing good news a great army.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Kings of armies will flee away, they will flee away, and she resting in the house will divide the spoil.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If ye shall lie down within the stalls, the wings of the dove being covered with silver, and her wing feathers with yellowness of gold.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In the Almighty scattering kings in it, it shall be snow white in Salmon.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The mountain of God the mountain of Basilan; the mountain of height the mountain of Bashan.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Wherefore will ye lie in wait, ye mountains of heights? the mountain God desired to dwell in it: also Jehovah will dwell forever.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The chariot of God twice ten thousand thousands upon thousands: Jehovah among them, Sinai in the holy place.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Thou didst go up to height, thou didst take captive captivity: thou didst receive gifts in man, also those turning away, for Jehovah God to dwell.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Praised be Jehovah; day by day the God of our salvation will lift up to us. Silence.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The God to us a God for salvations; and to Jehovah the Lord the goings forth to death.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Also God will crush the head of his enemies, the crown of him going about in his faults.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Jehovah said, I will turn back from Bashan; I will turn back from the depths of the sea:<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So that thy foot shall shake in blood, the tongue of thy dogs from the enemies of him.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They saw thy goings, O God; the goings of my God, my King, in the holy place.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The chiefs went before, they playing on instruments, after; in the midst, girls beating the tabret.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Praise ye God in the assemblies, Jehovah from the fountain of Israel.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then little Benjamin in a deep sleep, the chiefs of Judah their throng, the chiefs of Zebulon, the chiefs of Naphtali.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Thy God commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, this thou didst for us.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>From thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring a gift to thee.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Rebuke the beasts of the reed, the assembly of the strong ones, with the heifers of the peoples, prostrating themselves with pieces of silver: scatter the peoples, they will delight in wars.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The rich shall come out of Egypt; Cush shall cause its hand to run to God.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Ye kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; play on the harp to Jehovah. Silence.<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>To him riding upon the heavens of heavens of old, behold, he will give in his voice a voice of strength.<p> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Ye shall give strength to God: upon Israel is his majesty, and his strength in the clouds.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>O God, being wonderful in thy holy things: the God of Israel, he gave strength and powers to the people. Praised be God.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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