Psalm 68
For the leader. A psalm of David; a song.
God will arise for battle;
the enemy will be scattered;
those who hate God will flee.
The wind will disperse them like smoke;
as wax is melted by fire,
so the wicked will perish before God.
Then the just will be glad;
they will rejoice before God;
they will celebrate with great joy.
Sing to God, praise the divine name;
exalt the rider of the clouds.
Rejoice before this God
whose name is the LORD.
Father of the fatherless, defender of widows--
this is the God whose abode is holy,
Who gives a home to the forsaken,
who leads prisoners out to prosperity,
while rebels live in the desert.
God, when you went forth before your people,
when you marched through the desert, Selah
The earth quaked, the heavens shook,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
You claimed a land as your own, O God;
your people settled there.
There you poured abundant rains, God,
graciously given to the poor in their need.
The Lord announced the news of victory:
"The kings and their armies are in desperate flight.
All you people so numerous,
will you stay by the sheepfolds?
Every household will share the booty,
perhaps a dove sheathed with silver,
its wings covered with yellow gold."
When the Almighty routed the kings there,
the spoils were scattered like snow on Zalmon.
You high mountains of Bashan,
you rugged mountains of Bashan,
You rugged mountains, why look with envy
at the mountain where God has chosen to dwell,
where the LORD resides forever?
God's chariots were myriad, thousands upon thousands;
from Sinai the Lord entered the holy place.
You went up to its lofty height;
you took captives, received slaves as tribute.
No rebels can live in the presence of God.
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