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Psalms 68

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1May God arise, may His enemies be scattered, And may those who hate Him flee from His presence. ✦ 2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before a fire, So the wicked will perish before God. ✦ 3But the righteous will be joyful; they will rejoice before God; Yes, they will rejoice with gladness. ✦ 4Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Exalt Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the Lord, and be jubilant before Him. ✦ 5¶A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy dwelling. ✦ 6God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious live in parched lands. ✦ 7¶God, when You went forth before Your people, When You marched through the desert, Selah ✦ 8The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. ✦ 9You made plentiful rain fall, God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched. ✦ 10Your creatures settled in it; In Your kindness You provided for the poor, God. ✦ 11¶The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim good news are a great army: ✦ 12“Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home will divide the spoils!” ✦ 13When you lie down among the sheepfolds, You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold. ✦ 14When the Almighty scattered the kings there, It was snowing in Zalmon. ✦ 15¶The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of God; The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks. ✦ 16Why do you look with envy, you mountains of many peaks, At the mountain God has desired as His dwelling? Indeed, the Lord will dwell there forever. ✦ 17The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness. ✦ 18You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among people, Even among the rebellious as well, that the Lord God may dwell there. ✦ 19¶Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah ✦ 20God is to us a God of salvation; And to God the Lord belong ways of escape from death. ✦ 21God certainly will shatter the heads of His enemies, The hairy head of one who goes about in his guilt. ✦ 22The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea, ✦ 23So that your foot may shatter them in blood, And the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.” ✦ 24¶They have seen Your procession, God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. ✦ 25The singers went on, the musicians after them, In the midst of the young women beating tambourines. ✦ 26Bless God in the congregations, Even the Lord, you who are of the fountain of Israel. ✦ 27Benjamin, the youngest, is there, ruling them, The leaders of Judah in their company, The leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali. ✦ 28¶Your God has commanded your strength; Show Yourself strong, God, You who acted in our behalf. ✦ 29Because of Your temple at Jerusalem Kings will bring gifts to You. ✦ 30Rebuke the animals in the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Trampling the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war. ✦ 31Messengers will come from Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God. ✦ 32¶Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to the Lord, Selah ✦ 33To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, He speaks with His voice, a mighty voice. ✦ 34Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, And His strength is in the skies. ✦ 35God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God! ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Judg 5 ·7Ps 68 ·7Ps 72 ·6Rev 19 ·6Deut 33 ·6Ps 78 ·5Ps 107 ·5Ps 47 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 68 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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