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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 68 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/68.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/68-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Psalm 68</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/67.htm" title="Psalm 67">◄</a> Psalm 68 <a href="../psalms/69.htm" title="Psalm 69">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/68-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Enemies Are Scattered<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:1)</font> 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.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:2)</font> As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:3)</font> But let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted with joy.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:4)</font> Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him,<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:5)</font> <i>who is</i> the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: <i>such is</i> God in his holy place.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:6)</font> God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, <i>even</i> them that dwell in tombs.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:7)</font> O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou wentest through the wilderness; Pause:<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:8)</font> the earth quaked, yea, the heavens dropped <i>water</i> at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:9)</font> O God, thou wilt grant to thine inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but thou didst refresh it.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:10)</font> Thy creatures dwell in it: thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:11)</font> The Lord God will give a word to them that preach <i>it</i> in a great company.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:12)</font> The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved, <i>will</i> even <i>grant them</i> for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:13)</font> Even if ye should lie among the lots, <i>ye shall have</i> the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with yellow gold.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:14)</font> When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it, they shall be made snow-white in Selmon.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:15)</font> The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a swelling mountain, a rich mountain.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:16)</font> Wherefore do ye conceive <i>evil</i>, ye swelling mountains? <i>this is</i> the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell <i>in it</i> for ever.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:17)</font> The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is among them, in Sina, in the holy place.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:18)</font> Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for man, yea, for <i>they were</i> rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:19)</font> Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall prosper us. Pause.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:20)</font> Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:21)</font> But God shall crust the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:22)</font> The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring <i>my people</i> again through the depths of the sea.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:23)</font> That thy foot may be dipped in blood, <i>and</i> the tongue of thy dogs <i>be stained</i> with that of <i>thine</i> enemies.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:24)</font> Thy goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:25)</font> The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:26)</font> Praise God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountains of Israel.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:27)</font> There is Benjamin the younger <i>one</i> in ecstasy, the princes of Juda their rulers, the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:28)</font> O God, command thou thy strength: strengthen, O God, this which thou hast wrought in us.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:29)</font> Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:30)</font> Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations <i>be rebuked</i>, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter thou the nations that wish for wars.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:31)</font> Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten <i>to stretch out</i> her hand readily to God.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:32)</font> Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. Pause.<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:33)</font> Sing to God that rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward: lo, he will utter a mighty sound with his voice.<p> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:34)</font> Give ye glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/68-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><font color=blue>(67:35)</font> God is wonderful in his holy <i>places</i>, the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: blessed be God.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>