Psalms 67 — LXXSB

(68) For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David.

67Verse 1Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let them that hate him flee from before him.
^{Verse 2}As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God.
^{Verse 3}But let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted with joy.
^{Verse 4}Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him,
^{Verse 5}who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy place.
^{Verse 6}God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.
^{Verse 7}O God, when you went forth before your people, when you went through the wilderness; Pause:
^{Verse 8}the earth quaked, yes, the heavens dropped water at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.
^{Verse 9}O God, you will grant to your inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but you did refresh it.
^{Verse 10}Your⁺creatures dwell in it: you have in your goodness prepared for the poor.
^{Verse 11}The Lord God will give a word to them that preach it in a great company.
^{Verse 12}The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved, will even grant them for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils.
^{Verse 13}Even if you⌃ should lie amongst the lots, you⌃ shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with⁺yellow gold.
^{Verse 14}When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it, they shall be made snow-white in Selmon.
^{Verse 15}The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a⁺swelling mountain, a rich mountain.
^{Verse 16}Therefore do you⌃ conceive evil, you⌃ swelling mountains? this is the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yes, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
^{Verse 17}The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is amongst them, in Sina, in the holy place.
^{Verse 18+}You are gone up on high, you have led captivity captive, you have received gifts for man, yes, for they were rebellious, that you might dwell amongst them.
^{Verse 19}Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall prosper us. Pause.
^{Verse 20}Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death.
^{Verse 21}But God shall crust the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses.
^{Verse 22}The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring my people again through the depths of the sea.
^{Verse 23}That your foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of your dogs be stained with that of your enemies.
^{Verse 24}Your goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary.
^{Verse 25}The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels.
^{Verse 26}Praise God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountains of Israel.
^{Verse 27}There is Benjamin the younger one in ecstasy, the princes of Juda their rulers, the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
^{Verse 28}O God, command you your strength: strengthen, O God, this which you have wrought in us.
^{Verse 29}Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to you.
^{Verse 30}Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter you the nations that wish for wars.
^{Verse 31}Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God.
^{Verse 32}Sing to God, you⌃ kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. Pause.
^{Verse 33}Sing to God that⁺rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward: behold, he will utter a mighty sound with his voice.
^{Verse 34}Give you⌃ glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.
^{Verse 35}God is wonderful⁺in his holy places, the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: blessed be God.