詩篇 第 68 章

To the end; to David, a psalm of a song.

Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered, and let those who hate him flee from before him.

As smoke vanishes, let them vanish; as wax melts before fire, so let sinners perish before God.

And let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; let them delight in gladness.

Sing to God, sing praise to his name; make a way for him who rides upon the west. The Lord is his name. And exult before him; they shall be troubled before his face.

He is father of the orphans and judge of the widows — God in his holy place.

God settles the solitary in a house, leading out the prisoners with courage — likewise the rebellious, those who dwell in tombs.

O God, when you went out before your people, when you passed through the wilderness, Interlude

the earth shook, and indeed the heavens dropped rain before God — this is Sinai — before the God of Israel.

You will set apart a voluntary rain, O God, for your inheritance; it grew weak, but you restored it.

Your living creatures dwell in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the poor.

The Lord will give a word to those who proclaim good news with great power.

The king of the hosts of the beloved — and for the beauty of the house, to divide the spoils.

If you lie down among the lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove overlaid with silver, and her back with the greenish gleam of gold. Interlude

When the Heavenly One scattered kings over it, they were made white as snow in Selmon.

The mountain of God is a rich mountain, a curdled mountain, a rich mountain.

Why do you suppose, you curdled mountains, about the mountain in which God was pleased to dwell? Indeed the Lord will dwell there to the end.

The chariot of God is ten thousandfold, thousands of those who prosper; the Lord is among them, at Sinai, in the holy place.

You ascended on high; you took captivity captive; you received gifts among men — yes, even among the disobedient — that the Lord God might dwell there. Blessed be the Lord God.

Blessed be the Lord; day by day he will prosper our way — the God of our salvation. Interlude

Our God is a God who saves, and to the Lord, the Lord, belong the ways out of death.

But God will shatter the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of those who walk on in their trespasses.

The Lord said, I will bring back from Basan; I will bring back from the depths of the sea,

that your foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of your dogs have its share from the enemies.

Your processions were seen, O God, the processions of my God, my King, who is in the holy place.

The princes went first, next to those who sang, in the midst of maidens playing timbrels.

In the assemblies bless God, the Lord, you who are from the fountains of Israel.

There is Benjamin the younger, in ecstasy; the princes of Judah their leaders, the princes of Zaboulon, the princes of Nephthali.

Command, O God, your power; strengthen, O God, this which you have wrought for us.

From your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring gifts to you.

Rebuke the beasts of the reed, the assembly of bulls among the heifers of the peoples, that those tested with silver may not be shut out. Scatter the nations that desire wars.

Envoys shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand to God.

You kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praise to the Lord. Interlude

Sing praise to God, who rides upon the heaven of heavens toward the east; behold, he will utter with his voice a voice of power.

Give glory to God; his majesty is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

God is wonderful among his holy ones; the God of Israel, he himself will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.