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| Psalms 68:1 | To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. | <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.> Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him. | | Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. |
| Psalms 68:2 | 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. | 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. | | SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul. |
| Psalms 68:3 | But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yes, let them exceedingly rejoice. | But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy. | | I 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. |
| Psalms 68:4 | Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. | 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. | | I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God. |
| Psalms 68:5 | A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. | A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place. | | They 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. |
| Psalms 68:6 | God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. | 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. | | O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee: |
| Psalms 68:7 | O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: | O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.) | | Let 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. |
| Psalms 68:8 | The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. | The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel. | | Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. |
| Psalms 68:9 | Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, by which thou didst confirm thy inheritance, when it was weary. | You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage. | | I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother. |
| Psalms 68:10 | Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. | Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God. | | For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. |
| Psalms 68:11 | The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. | The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public. | | And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me. |
| Psalms 68:12 | Kings of armies fled apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. | Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods. | | And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them. |
| Psalms 68:13 | Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. | Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold. | | They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song. |
| Psalms 68:14 | When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. | When the Most High put the kings to flight, it was as white as snow in Salmon. | | But 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. |
| Psalms 68:15 | The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan. | A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan. | | Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. |
| Psalms 68:16 | Why leap ye, ye lofty hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. | 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. | | Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. |
| Psalms 68:17 | The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. | The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place. | | Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. |
| Psalms 68:18 | Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yes, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. | 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. | | And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily. |
| Psalms 68:19 | Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. | Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.) | | Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies. |
| Psalms 68:20 | He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. | Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death. | | Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame. |
| Psalms 68:21 | But God will wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such one as goeth on still in his trespasses. | The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways. | | In 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. |
| Psalms 68:22 | The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea. | The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea; | | And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. |
| Psalms 68:23 | That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. | So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same. | | Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock. |
| Psalms 68:24 | They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. | We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place. | | Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always. |
| Psalms 68:25 | The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. | The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments. | | Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. |
| Psalms 68:26 | Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. | Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel. | | Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles. |
| Psalms 68:27 | There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their counsel, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. | There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali. | | Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds. |
| Psalms 68:28 | Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. | O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things for us, | | Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice. |
| Psalms 68:29 | Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee. | Out of your Temple in Jerusalem. | | Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written. |
| Psalms 68:30 | Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one shall submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. | 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. | | But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up. |
| Psalms 68:31 | Princes shall come out of Egypt; Cush shall soon stretch out her hands to God. | 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. | | I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise. |
| Psalms 68:32 | Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises to the Lord; Selah: | Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.) | | And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs. |
| Psalms 68:33 | To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. | To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power. | | Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live. |
| Psalms 68:34 | Ascribe ye strength to God: his excellence is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. | Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds. | | For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners. |
| Psalms 68:35 | O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power to his people. Blessed be God. | 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. | | Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein. |
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