PSALM LXVII. For the chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. 1 GOD be gracious unto us, and bless us, And cause his countenance to shine upon us. Selah. 2 That thy way may be known upon the earth, Thy salvation among all nations. The peoples shall give thee thanks, O God; The peoples shall give thee thanks, all of them. 4 The nations shall be glad and shout for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with upright 5 ness, And as to the nations upon the earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah. The peoples shall give thee thanks, O God; The peoples shall give thee thanks, all of them. 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase, And God, even our God, shall bless us. 7 God shall bless us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. PSALM LXVIII. For the chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A Song. 1 2 LET God rise up, let his enemies be scattered, Let those also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive thou them away; As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God; 3 But let the righteous be glad ; let them rejoice before God; Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing ye unto God, sing praises to his name: Prepare the way for him that rideth through the deserts, b Whose name is Jah; and rejoice before him. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of widows, Is God in his holy habitation. 6 God setteth the solitary in families : He bringeth forth those that are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. a Num. x. 35. b Isa. xl. 3; Matt. iii. 3. 7 O God, when thou wentest out before thy people, When thou didst march through the de sert, Selah. 8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped, Before God,-even that Sinai, Before God, the God of Israel." 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain; And when thine inheritance was weary, thou didst refresh it. 10 Thy congregation dwelt therein: 11 Thou, O God, didst provide, in thy goodness," for the afflicted one. My Lord gave the word: Great was the host of women publishing the victory." 12 Kings of hosts filed apace; And she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 13 Though ye had lain among the sheep-folds, Yet were ye as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her feathers with yellow gold.d a Judges v. 4, 5. b Exod. xv. 13. Exod. xv. 20, 21; 1 Sam. xviii. 6, 7. d Judges v. 30. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, a It was white like snow on Zalmon.b 15 The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of God, The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of summits. 16 Why are ye envious, ye mountain summits? This is the mountain which God desireth to dwell in ; d Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.* 17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands, thousands repeated: 18 My Lord is among them, as upon Sinai,' in the holy place. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast taken a multitude of captives, Thou hast obtained gifts for men,” Yea, even for rebellious men, that God Jah might dwell among them. 19 Blessed be my Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, a Josh. x. 11. b Judges ix. 48. • That is, Mount Hermon. d That is, Mount Zion. e Ps. cxxxii. 13, 14. f Neh. ix. 13. 8 Eph. iv. 8. Even God who is our salvation. 20 Our God is the God of salvation; Selah. And unto Jehovah my Lord belongeth deliver ance from death. 21 But God shall smite the head of his enemies, And the hairy crown of him that walketh on in his trespasses. 22 Said my Lord, "From Bashan I will bring them, 'I will bring them from the depths of the sea,a 23 "That thy foot may be dipped in blood, "And the tongue of thy dogs get its portion from thine enemies." 24 They have seen thy goings, O God, Even the goings of my God, my King, in the holy place. 25 The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments followed after; 26 In the midst were the damsels playing with timbrels. "Bless ye God in the assemblies, "Even my Lord from the fountain of Israel." 27 There was Benjamin, the youngest, their ruler, a Amos ix. 3. b Deut. xxxiii. 28; Isa. xlviii. 1. |