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Psalms 68

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Let God arise, Let His enemies be scattered; Let those also who hate Him flee before Him. ✦ 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. ✦ 3But let the righteous be glad; Let them rejoice before God; Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly. ✦ 4Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name YAH, And rejoice before Him. ✦ 5A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation. ✦ 6God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. ✦ 7O God, when You went out before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah ✦ 8The earth shook; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. ✦ 9You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance, When it was weary. ✦ 10Your congregation dwelt in it; You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor. ✦ 11The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it: ✦ 12“Kingsof armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home divides the spoil. ✦ 13Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her feathers with yellow gold.” ✦ 14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, It was white as snow in Zalmon. ✦ 15A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan. ✦ 16Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in; Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever. ✦ 17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, Even thousands of thousands; The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place. ✦ 18You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the Lord God might dwell there. ✦ 19Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah ✦ 20Our God is the God of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death. ✦ 21But God will wound the head of His enemies, The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses. ✦ 22The Lord said, “I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea, ✦ 23That your foot may crush them in blood, And the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.” ✦ 24They have seen Your procession, O God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. ✦ 25The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; Among them were the maidens playing timbrels. ✦ 26Bless God in the congregations, The Lord, from the fountain of Israel. ✦ 27There is little Benjamin, their leader, The princes of Judah and their company, The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali. ✦ 28Your God has commanded your strength; Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us. ✦ 29Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, Kings will bring presents to You. ✦ 30Rebuke the beasts of the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Till everyone submits himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples who delight in war. ✦ 31Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God. ✦ 32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; Oh, sing praises to the Lord, Selah ✦ 33To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old! Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice. ✦ 34Ascribe strength to God; His excellence is over Israel, And His strength is in the clouds. ✦ 35O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places. The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God! ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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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