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1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.>\ 2 \68:1\Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him. 3 \68:2\Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God. 4 \68:3\But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy. 5 \68:4\Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him. 6 \68:5\A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place. 7 \68:6\Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land. 8 \68:7\O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)
9 \68:8\The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel. 10 \68:9\You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage. 11 \68:10\Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God. 12 \68:11\The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public. 13 \68:12\Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods. 14 \68:13\Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold. 15 \68:14\When the Most High put the kings to flight, it was as white as snow in Salmon. 16 \68:15\A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan. 17 \68:16\Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever. 18 \68:17\The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place. 19 \68:18\You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.
20 \68:19\Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.) 21 \68:20\Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death. 22 \68:21\The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways. 23 \68:22\The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea; 24 \68:23\So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same. 25 \68:24\We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place. 26 \68:25\The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments. 27 \68:26\Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel. 28 \68:27\There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali. 29 \68:28\O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things for us, 30 \68:29\Out of your Temple in Jerusalem. 31 \68:30\Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war. 32 \68:31\Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God. 33 \68:32\Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.) 34 \68:33\To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power. 35 \68:34\Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds. 36 \68:35\O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.