Psalms 68
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.
2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
2SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
3But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
3I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
4Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds — His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.
4I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
5They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.
6God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
6O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:
7O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
7Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.
8the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
8Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
9You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
9I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
10Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
10For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
11The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
11And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
12“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
12And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
13Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
13They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
14When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
14But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
15A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.
15Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
16Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
16Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
17The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
17Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
18And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
19Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
20Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
20Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
21Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
21In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.
22The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
22And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
23that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
23Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.
24They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.
24Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
25The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
25Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
26Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
26Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
27There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
27Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
28Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.
28Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.
29Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
29Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
30Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
30But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
31I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
32Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord— Selah
32And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
33to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
33Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
34Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.
34For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.
35O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
35Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.
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36For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.
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37And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
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