Psalms 68

¹ Elohim shall arise! His enemies shall be scattered, And those hating Him shall flee from His presence! ² Like the whisking away of smoke shall they be whisked away; Like the melting of wax from the face of fire, So shall the wicked perish from the presence of Elohim. ³ Yet the righteous shall rejoice; They shall be glad before Elohim, And they shall be elated with rejoicing. ⁴ Sing to Elohim! Make melody to His Name! Make a highway in the plains for the Rider; In Yah, His Name, be joyous before Him, ⁵ The Father of orphans and Adjudicator of widows, Elohim in His holy habitation. ⁶ Elohim is causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing forth the bound into successes. But the stubborn tabernacle in a glaring land. ⁷ O Elohim, at Your going forth before Your people, At Your march in the desolation: ⁸ The earth quaked. Indeed, the heavens dropped at the presence of Elohim, As Sinai was in commotion at the presence of Elohim, the Elohim of Israel. ⁹ A liberal downpour were You waving, O Elohim; Your allotment, when it was tired, You Yourself established it. ¹⁰ Your living ones, they will dwell in it; You are providing, in Your goodness, for the humble, O Elohim. ¹¹ Yahweh Himself gave the saying; The women who bore the tidings were a vast host; ¹² Kings of hosts, they bolted away; they bolted away, And she in the homestead house apportioned the loot. ¹³ Though you may lie between the hearthstones, The dove's wings are overspread with silver, And her pinions with greenish gold dust. ¹⁴ When He Who-Suffices spread kings about in it, It snowed in Zalmon. ¹⁵ The mountain of Elohim is the mountain of Bashan; A lofty mountain is the mountain of Bashan. ¹⁶ Why are you looking askance, lofty mountains, At the mountain Elohim covets for His dwelling? Indeed, Yahweh Himself shall tabernacle there permanently. ¹⁷ The chariots of Elohim are myriads - repeated thousands. Yahweh is among them, as in Sinai in the holy place. ¹⁸ You ascend on high, You capture captivity, You apportion gifts among mankind, And also for the stubborn, to tabernacle with Yah Elohim. ¹⁹ Blessed be Yahweh. Day by day shall He lade good upon us, The El of our salvation. ²⁰ Our El is an El of grand salvation, And to Yahweh, my Lord, belong the exits from death. ²¹ Yea, Elohim Himself shall transfix the head of His enemies, The hairy scalp of him who walks in his guilty acts. ²² Yahweh has said, I shall restore from Bashan; I shall restore from the swamps of the sea, ²³ That you may bathe your foot in blood, And the tongue of your curs may have its assignment of the enemies. ²⁴ They have seen Your processions, O Elohim, The processions of my El, my King, in the Sanctuary. ²⁵ Singers precede, after them the players, In the midst of the damsels playing the tambourine. ²⁶ Bless Elohim in the great assembly, Yahweh from the fountain of Israel. ²⁷ There Benjamin the junior is holding sway over them, The chiefs of Judah and their great foregathering. The chiefs of Zebulun, the chiefs of Naphtali. ²⁸ Your Elohim has determined your strength. O Elohim, do strengthen this that You have effected for us ²⁹ From Your Temple at Jerusalem. Let kings fetch an indemnity to You. ³⁰ Rebuke the animal of the reeds, The crowd of bulls among the calves of the peoples, Debasing themselves for gold ore and silver; Dissipate the peoples who are delighting in attacks. ³¹ Let envoys arrive from Egypt; Let Nubia run with its hands stretched out to Elohim. ³² Kingdoms of the earth, sing to Elohim! Make melody to Yahweh, ³³ To the Rider in the heavens of heavens aforetime! Behold, He shall send out His voice, a strong voice. ³⁴ Ascribe strength to Elohim; Over Israel is His augustness, And His strength is in the skies. ³⁵ Fear inspiring is Elohim from His grand sanctuary; The El of Israel, He gives strength and staunchness to His people. Blessed be Elohim!