Psalm 68:1–20 | Liturgical Calendar

1

Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; *

let those who hate him also flee before him.

2

As the smoke vanishes, so shall you drive them away; *

and as wax melts before the fire, so let the ungodly perish before the presence of God.

3

But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; *

let them also be merry and joyful.

4

O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name; magnify him who rides upon the heavens. *

The Lord is his Name; rejoice before him.

5

He is a father of the fatherless and defends the cause of the widows, *

God in his holy habitation.

6

He is the God who gives the solitary a home, and brings the prisoners out of captivity, *

but lets the rebellious dwell in a desert land.

7

O God, when you went forth before the people, *

when you went through the wilderness,

8

The earth shook, and the heavens poured forth rain at the presence of God, *

even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of Israel.

9

You, O God, sent a gracious rain upon your inheritance *

and refreshed the land when it was weary.

10

Your congregation found a dwelling there, *

for you, O God, of your goodness have provided for the poor.

11

The Lord gave the word; *

great was the company of those who proclaimed the tidings.

12

Kings with their armies fled, they fled, *

and the women at home divided the spoil.

13

Though you have lain among the sheepfolds, *

yet shall you be like the wings of a dove that are covered with silver, and whose feathers shine like gold.

14

When the Almighty scattered kings, *

it was as if it snowed in Zalmon.

15

As the hill of Bashan, so is God’s hill, *

even a high hill, as the hill of Bashan.

16

Why look with envy, you high hills? This is God’s hill, on which it pleases him to dwell; *

surely, the Lord will abide on it for ever.

17

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels, *

and the Lord has come from Sinai into the holy place.

18

You have gone up on high; you have led captivity captive, and received gifts from men, *

even from your enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

19

Praised be the Lord daily, *

even the God who helps us and pours his benefits upon us.

20

He is our God, the God from whom salvation comes; *

God is the Lord, by whom we escape death.