Psalms 68

1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.Cross-references: Ex 20:5 · Num 10:35 · Deut 7:10 · 2Chr 6:41 · Ps 7:6 · Ps 21:8 · +15 more

2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.Cross-references: Ps 22:14 · Ps 37:20 · Ps 76:7 · Ps 80:16 · Ps 97:5 · Isa 9:18 · +6 more

3But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.Cross-references: Deut 12:12 · Ps 21:1 · Ps 32:11 · Ps 43:4 · Ps 58:10 · Ps 64:10 · +8 more

4Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!Cross-references: Ex 3:14 · Ex 6:3 · Ex 6:8 · Deut 33:26 · Ps 18:10 · Ps 66:2 · +9 more

5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.Cross-references: Deut 10:18 · Deut 26:15 · 2Chr 6:2 · 2Chr 30:27 · Job 29:12 · Job 31:16 · +16 more

6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.Cross-references: Deut 28:23 · 1Sam 2:5 · Ps 69:33 · Ps 107:10 · Ps 107:14 · Ps 107:34 · +9 more

7God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.Cross-references: Ex 13:21 · Deut 4:34 · Judg 4:14 · Judg 5:4 · Ps 114:1 · Mic 2:13 · +1 more

8The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai— at the presence of God, the God of Israel.Cross-references: Ex 19:16 · Ex 19:18 · Deut 5:23 · Judg 5:4 · Ps 41:13 · Ps 68:35 · +8 more

9You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.Cross-references: Deut 11:10 · Deut 11:14 · Ps 65:9 · Ps 77:16 · Ps 78:24 · Ezek 34:26

10Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.Cross-references: Ex 19:5 · Num 16:3 · Deut 26:5 · Deut 26:9 · Deut 32:8 · 1Sam 2:8 · +8 more

11The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.Cross-references: Ex 14:15 · Ex 15:20 · Ex 17:9 · Judg 4:6 · 1Sam 18:6 · Ps 40:3 · +3 more

12“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,Cross-references: Ex 14:25 · Num 31:8 · Num 31:27 · Num 31:54 · Josh 10:16 · Josh 10:42 · +6 more

13while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.Cross-references: Gen 49:14 · Ex 1:14 · Judg 5:16 · 1Ki 4:20 · Ps 74:19 · Ps 81:6 · +11 more

14When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.Cross-references: Num 21:3 · Num 21:21 · Josh 10:10 · Josh 12:1 · Judg 2:7 · Judg 9:48 · +4 more

15The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.Cross-references: Deut 3:10 · Ps 2:6 · Ps 78:68 · Ps 87:1 · Isa 2:2 · Mic 7:14

16Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.Cross-references: Deut 12:5 · Deut 12:11 · 1Ki 9:3 · Ps 87:1 · Ps 114:4 · Ps 114:6 · +4 more

17The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.Cross-references: Ex 3:5 · Ex 19:22 · Deut 33:2 · 2Ki 2:11 · 2Ki 6:16 · Ps 18:10 · +6 more

18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.Cross-references: Judg 5:12 · 2Chr 6:18 · Ps 7:7 · Ps 24:3 · Ps 24:7 · Ps 47:5 · +38 more

19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.Cross-references: Ps 32:7 · Ps 55:22 · Ps 65:5 · Ps 72:17 · Ps 103:1 · Ps 139:17 · +3 more

20God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.Cross-references: Deut 32:39 · 1Sam 2:6 · Ps 56:13 · Ps 118:17 · Prov 4:23 · Isa 12:2 · +10 more

21But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.Cross-references: Ps 7:12 · Ps 55:23 · Ps 68:18 · Ps 110:6 · Prov 1:24 · Ezek 18:27 · +6 more

22The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,Cross-references: Ex 14:22 · Ex 14:29 · Num 21:33 · Isa 11:11 · Isa 49:22 · Isa 51:10 · +4 more

23that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”Cross-references: 1Ki 21:19 · 1Ki 22:38 · 2Ki 9:33 · Ps 58:10 · Isa 63:1 · Rev 19:17

24They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.Cross-references: 2Sam 6:12 · 1Chr 13:8 · 1Chr 15:16 · Ps 24:7 · Ps 47:5 · Ps 63:2

25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,Cross-references: Ex 15:20 · Judg 11:34 · 1Sam 18:6 · 1Chr 13:8 · Ps 87:7 · Ps 148:12 · +5 more

26“Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”Cross-references: Deut 33:28 · 1Chr 16:7 · Ps 26:12 · Ps 107:32 · Ps 111:1 · Ps 135:19 · +2 more

27There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.Cross-references: Gen 42:32 · Judg 5:18 · Judg 20:35 · Judg 21:6 · 1Sam 9:21 · 1Chr 12:16 · +7 more

28Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.Cross-references: Ps 42:8 · Ps 44:4 · Ps 71:3 · Ps 138:8 · Isa 40:31 · John 5:8 · +5 more

29Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.Cross-references: 1Ki 10:10 · 1Ki 10:24 · 1Chr 17:4 · 1Chr 22:7 · 1Chr 28:10 · 1Chr 29:3 · +12 more

30Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot the bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.Cross-references: 2Sam 8:1 · 2Sam 10:1 · 2Chr 14:1 · 2Chr 20:1 · Job 40:21 · Ps 2:12 · +11 more

31Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.Cross-references: 1Ki 8:22 · Ps 44:20 · Ps 72:8 · Ps 88:9 · Ps 143:6 · Isa 19:18 · +5 more

32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord— Selah—Cross-references: Deut 32:43 · Ps 67:2 · Ps 100:1 · Ps 102:22 · Ps 117:1 · Rom 15:10 · +1 more

33to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.Cross-references: Deut 10:14 · Deut 33:26 · 1Ki 8:27 · Ps 18:10 · Ps 29:3 · Ps 46:6 · +10 more

34Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.Cross-references: Deut 33:26 · 1Chr 16:28 · Ps 29:1 · Ps 96:6 · Ps 150:1 · 2Pet 1:17 · +1 more

35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!Cross-references: Ex 15:1 · Deut 33:25 · Neh 1:5 · Ps 29:11 · Ps 45:4 · Ps 47:2 · +14 more