Psalms 68
God is called upon to rise up and scatter his enemies, who will vanish like smoke and wax before fire. The just will rejoice in God's presence, and the people are urged to sing to God and make a path for him. God is the protector of the fatherless and the judge of widows, and he leads the strongly bound and the exasperated out of their difficulties. The chapter also describes God's power and majesty, and how he will bring salvation and prosperity to his people, while breaking the heads of his enemies.
Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself. May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his faceJust as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of GodAnd so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladnessSing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his facethe father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy placeIt is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchersO God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desertthe earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of IsraelYou will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfectYour animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poorThe Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtueThe King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoilsIf you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale goldWhen heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of ZalmonThe mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountainSo then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the endThe chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy placeYou have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord GodBlessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for usOur God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to deathSo then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offensesThe Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the seaso that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the sameO God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy placeThe leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrelsIn the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of IsraelIn that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of NaphtaliCommand by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in usBefore your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to youRebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by warsAmbassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to GodSing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to GodHe ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtueGive glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the cloudsGod is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God
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