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Psalm 68

68 This is a note for the worship leader: wrote psalm. It is a song.

1 God, take action and chase away your enemies!

Make those who hate you run away from you.

2 Chase your enemies away just as wind blows smoke away.

Make bad people go away, God, just as wax melts when it is near a fire.

3 But make good people happy.

May they rejoice when they are in your presence;

may they be very joyful.

4 Sing praise to God!

Sing a song for him who even cares for desolate regions.

His name is Yahweh;

be glad when you are in his presence.

5 God, who is present in his sanctuary,

is like a father to those who are orphans,

and he protects widows.

6 He provides families for those who have no one to live with.

He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful.

But those who rebel against him will not be successful.

It will be as if they live in a place where it is very hard to grow crops.

7 God, you led your people out of Egypt,

and then you marched with them through the desert. Selah

8 After you did that, the earth shook at Mount Sinai when you appeared to your people.

Rain poured down from the sky, and your people worshiped you.

9 You caused much rain to fall there in the wilderness,

and so you enabled good crops to grow again on that land that you gave to us Israelites.

10 Your people built homes there.

You were kind to poor people and provided food for them.

11-12 11-12Kings led their armies to fight against the Israelites,

but God defeated them and they ran away.

The Lord declared victory over them,

and a great crowd of Israelite women sang and danced to celebrate.

The men who fought against these enemies captured many valuable possessions

and brought them back to the women who were at home.

13 Some men had to take care of the sheep instead of fighting,

but the soldiers captured enough valuable possessions to give them some as well.

They received treasures such as a dove statue with silver wings and feathers shimmering with fine gold.

14 Shaddai defeated the enemy kings and their armies

by making it snow on Mount Zalmon!

15 Mount Bashan is a very high mountain.

It has many peaks.

16 Because it is such a great mountain, if it could think,

it might think that God should have chosen it as the place for his sanctuary.

But Yahweh chose Mount Zion instead, and he will always be present there.

17 God is so powerful that it is as if he has thousands and thousands of chariots.

In fact, it is as if he has ten thousands and ten thousands of them!

The same God who appeared to the Israelites on Mount Sinai

is now present in his sanctuary on Mount Zion.

18 After he defeated his enemies, he went up to the sacred mountain where his sanctuary is.

He led many captured prisoners in a victory procession.

He received gifts from the enemies whom he had defeated.

He even received gifts from those who had rebelled against him.

Now Yahweh, our God, will always be present in his sanctuary.

19 Praise the Lord, who helps us every day as if he were carrying a heavy load for us.

He is the God who saves us. Selah

20 Our God is the God who saves us;

Yahweh our Lord is the one who rescues us from dying.

21 But God will completely destroy his enemies.

If anyone continues to behave sinfully, God will destroy that person.

22 The Lord said, “Even if my enemies try to climb a high mountain to be safe,

or even if they try to hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will bring them back

23 so that you can trample on their heads.

Your dogs will lick up the blood that comes out of their heads.”

24 And now you are parading triumphantly into your sanctuary, God.

You are our king, and you are leading a great crowd the way a king does.

25 There are singers at the front of the parade.

Musicians playing stringed instruments are at the back of the parade.

In the middle there are girls playing tambourines.

26 Praise God, you who have gathered together!

Praise Yahweh, you descendants of Israel!

27 People from the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe, are marching first.

Leaders and many other people from the tribe of Judah come next.

There are even leaders from the far northern tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali in the parade.

28 Our God has made our Israelite tribes strong.

God, continue to help us with your power as you helped us in the past.

29 Since you have now established your sanctuary on a mountain above Jerusalem,

kings will send tribute to you there.

30 Show the king of Egypt that even though he has a powerful army, he cannot defeat you.

Many kings who are strong like bulls may gather together.

They may form armies from their subject nations, which are like bulls’ calves,

but they will not be able to defeat you either.

Instead, they will come submissively and pay you tribute in silver.

Some nations are eager to fight wars; make their armies run away!

31 Then envoys will come from Egypt bringing gifts to you.

The ruler of Cush will hasten to send tribute to God.

32 People of nations throughout the world, sing praise to God!

He is the Lord Selah

33 who dwells above the sky that he created long ago.

When you hear thunder, it is as if he is shouting with his very powerful voice.

34 Proclaim how powerful God is!

He is the king who reigns over Israel

as he rules powerfully from the sky.

35 God, you are in your sanctuary, and you are very powerful.

This is the God whom we Israelite people worship.

He makes us very strong. Praise God!