Psalms 68
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1(68-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David, a Song. (68-2) Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Him flee before Him.
1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.
2(68-3) As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
2SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
3(68-4) But let the righteous be glad, let them exult before God; yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
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.
4(68-5) Sing unto God, sing praises to His name; extol Him that rideth upon the skies, whose name is the LORD; and exult ye before Him.
4I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
5(68-6) A father of the fatherless, and a judge 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.
6(68-7) God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house; He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; the rebellious dwell but in a parched land.
6O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:
7(68-8) O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people, when Thou didst march through the wilderness; 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.
8(68-9) The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God; even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
8Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
9(68-10) A bounteous rain didst Thou pour down, O God; when Thine inheritance was weary, Thou didst confirm it.
9I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
10(68-11) Thy flock settled therein; Thou didst prepare in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.
10For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
11(68-12) The Lord giveth the word; the women that proclaim the tidings are a great host.
11And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
12(68-13) Kings of armies flee, they flee; and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
12And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
13(68-14) When ye lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with the shimmer of gold.
13They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
14(68-15) When the Almighty scattereth kings therein, it snoweth in 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.
15(68-16) A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of peaks is the mountain of 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.
16(68-17) Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for ever.
16Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
17(68-18) The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.
17Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
18(68-19) Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive; Thou hast received gifts among men, yea, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell there.
18And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
19(68-20) Blessed be the Lord, day by day He beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation. Selah
19Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
20(68-21) God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues of death.
20Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
21(68-22) Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.
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.
22(68-23) The Lord said: 'I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
22And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
23(68-24) That thy foot may wade through blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.'
23Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.
24(68-25) They see Thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, in holiness.
24Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
25(68-26) The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.
25Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
26(68-27) 'Bless ye God in full assemblies, even the Lord, ye that are from the fountain of Israel.'
26Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
27(68-28) There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah their council, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
27Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
28(68-29) Thy God hath commanded thy strength; be strong, O God, Thou that hast wrought for us
28Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.
29(68-30) Out of Thy temple at Jerusalem, whither kings shall bring presents unto Thee.
29Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
30(68-31) Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, every one submitting himself with pieces of silver; He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war!
30But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
31(68-32) Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God.
31I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
32(68-33) Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah
32And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
33(68-34) To Him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old; lo, He uttereth His voice, a mighty voice.
33Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
34(68-35) Ascribe ye strength unto God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength is in the skies.
34For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.
35(68-36) Awful is God out of thy holy places; the God of Israel, He giveth strength and power unto the 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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