Psalms 68

Let God arise!

As smoke is driven away,

But let the righteous be glad.

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows,

God sets the lonely in families.

God, when you went out before your people,

The earth trembled.

You, God, sent a plentiful rain.

Your congregation lived therein.

The Lord announced the word.

“Kings of armies flee! They flee!”

while you sleep among the camp fires,

When the Almighty scattered kings in her,

The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains.

Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains,

The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands.

You have ascended on high.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens,

God is to us a God of deliverance.

But God will strike through the head of his enemies,

The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan,

that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood,

They have seen your processions, God,

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after,

“Bless God in the congregations,

There is little Benjamin, their ruler,

Your God has commanded your strength.

Because of your temple at Jerusalem,

Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds,

Princes shall come out of Egypt.

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth!

to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old;

Ascribe strength to God!

You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries.