Book of Psalms, No. 68
Psalms 68 NWT - New World TranslationNo. 68 of the Psalms—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ Let God arise,1 let his enemies be scattered,2
And let those who intensely hate him flee because of him.3 - ¶ As smoke is driven away, may you drive [them] away;4
As wax melts because of the fire,5
Let the wicked ones perish from before God.6 - ¶ But as for the righteous, let them rejoice,7
Let them be elated before God,8
And let them exult with rejoicing.9 - ¶ Sing YOU to God, make melody to his name;10
Raise up [a song] to the One riding through the desert plains11
As Jah,[a] which is his name;12 and jubilate before him; - ¶ A father of fatherless boys and a judge of widows13
Is God in his holy dwelling.14 - ¶ God is causing the solitary ones to dwell in[b] a house;15
He is bringing forth prisoners into full prosperity.16
However, as for the stubborn, they have to reside in a scorched land.17 - ¶ O God, when you went forth before your people,18
When you marched through the desert19—Seʹlah— - ¶ The earth itself rocked,20
Heaven itself also dripped because of God;21
This Siʹnai [rocked] because of God,22 the God of Israel.23 - ¶ A copious downpour you began causing to fall, O God;24
Your inheritance, even when it was weary—you yourself reinvigorated it.25 - ¶ Your tent community26—they have dwelt in it;27
With your goodness you proceeded to make it ready for the afflicted one, O God.28 - ¶ Jehovah[c] himself gives the saying;29
The women telling the good news are a large army.30 - ¶ Even the kings of armies flee, they flee.31
As for her who abides at home, she shares in the spoil.32 - ¶ Although YOU men kept lying between the [camp] ash heaps,[d]
There will be the wings of a dove covered with silver
And its pinions with yellowish-green gold.[e]33 - ¶ When the Almighty One[f] scattered[g] abroad the kings in it,[h]34
It began to snow in Zalʹmon.35 - ¶ The mountainous region[i] of Baʹshan36 is a mountain of God;[j]37
The mountainous region of Baʹshan is a mountain of peaks.38 - ¶ Why do YOU, O YOU mountains of peaks, keep watching enviously
The mountain that God has desired for himself to dwell in?39
Even Jehovah himself will reside [there] forever.40 - ¶ The war chariots of God are in tens of thousands, thousands over and over again.41
Jehovah himself has come from Siʹnai[k] into the holy place.42 - ¶ You have ascended on high;43
You have carried away captives;44
¶ You have taken gifts in the form of men,[l]45
Yes, even the stubborn ones,46 to reside [among them],47 O Jah[m] God.[n] - ¶ Blessed be Jehovah,[o] who daily carries the load for us,48
The [true] God of our salvation.49 Seʹlah. - ¶ The [true] God is for us a God[p] of saving acts;50
And to Jehovah the Sovereign51 Lord belong the ways out[q] from death.52 - ¶ Indeed God himself will break the head of his enemies in pieces,53
The hairy crown of the head of anyone walking about in his guiltiness.54 - ¶ Jehovah[r] has said: “From Baʹshan I shall bring back,55
I shall bring [them] back from[s] the depths of the sea,56 - ¶ In order that you may wash[t] your foot in blood,57
That the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from the enemies.”58 - ¶ They have seen your processions, O God,59
The processions of my God,[u] my King, into the holy place.60 - ¶ The singers went in front, the players on stringed instruments after them;61
In between were the maidens beating tambourines.62 - ¶ In congregated throngs[v] bless God,63
Jehovah,[w] [O YOU who are] from the Source of Israel.64 - ¶ There is little Benjamin subduing them,65
The princes of Judah with their shouting crowd,
The princes of Zebʹu·lun, the princes of Naphʹta·li.66 - ¶ Your God has laid command upon your strength.67
Do show strength, O God, you who have acted for us.68 - ¶ Because of your temple at Jerusalem,69
Kings will bring gifts to you yourself.70 - ¶ Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,71 the assembly of bulls,[x]72
With the calves of the peoples, each one stamping down on pieces of silver.73
He has scattered[y] the peoples that take delight in fights.74 - ¶ Bronzeware things[z] will come out of Egypt;75
Cush[aa] itself will quickly stretch out its hands [with gifts] to God.76 - ¶ O YOU kingdoms of the earth, sing to God,77
Make melody to Jehovah[ab]—Seʹlah— - ¶ To the One riding on the ancient heaven of heavens.78
Lo! He sounds with his voice, a strong voice.79 - ¶ ASCRIBE strength to God.80
Over Israel his eminence is and his strength is in the clouds.81 - ¶ God is fear-inspiring out of your grand sanctuary.[ac]82
The God of Israel[ad] he is, giving strength, even might to the people.83
Blessed be God.84
FOOTNOTES
- ^ “As Jah.” BHSftn(Heb.), ki Yah; M(Heb.), beYahʹ, “by Jah.” Yah is the first half of the Tetragrammaton, YHWH. It occurs 49 times in M distinguished by a point (mappik) in its second letter and once, in Ca 8:6, without the mappik. TLXXSyVg, “Jehovah.” See Ex 15:2 ftn, “Jah”; App 1A.
- ^ According to M; by a slight correction of the Heb. verb, “bringing back the solitary ones to.”
- ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
- ^ Or, “saddlebags”; or, “sheepfolds.” The meaning of the Heb. word is uncertain.
- ^ “Gold.” Heb., cha·rutsʹ.
- ^ “The Almighty One.” Heb., Shad·daiʹ.
- ^ Or, “spread.”
- ^ “It,” fem., referring to the land.
- ^ Or, “The mountain.” Heb., har.
- ^ “God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
- ^ “Jehovah himself has come from Sinai,” according to the original reading of the Heb. text and in harmony with De 33:2; M, “The Sovereign Lord [Heb., ʼAdho·naiʹ] is among them, at Sinai.” See vs 11 ftn.
- ^ Lit., “in the men.” Heb., ba·ʼa·dhamʹ.
- ^ See vs 4 ftn.
- ^ “God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
- ^ “Blessed be Jehovah.” Heb., ba·rukhʹ ʼAdho·naiʹ; Gr., Kyʹri·os ho The·osʹ eu·lo·ge·tosʹ, eu·lo·ge·tosʹ Kyʹri·os, “Jehovah God [be] blessed, blessed [be] Jehovah.” See App 1B, 6D.
- ^ “God of.” Heb., ʼEl.
- ^ Or, “escapes.”
- ^ See vs 11 ftn.
- ^ “From,” MSy; TLXXVg, “through.”
- ^ “Wash,” by a correction of M to agree with LXXSyVg.
- ^ “My God.” Heb., ʼE·liʹ.
- ^ “In ecclesias,” LXXVg.
- ^ “Jehovah.” Heb., Yehwahʹ; many Heb. mss and ed., ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
- ^ Lit., “powerful ones.”
- ^ “He has scattered,” MT; LXXSyVg, “Scatter.”
- ^ “Bronzeware things.” Heb., chash·man·nimʹ, of uncertain meaning; LXXSyVg, “Ambassadors.”
- ^ “Cush,” MSy; LXXVg, “Ethiopia.”
- ^ See vs 11 ftn.
- ^ Lit., “sanctuaries.”
- ^ “The God of Israel.” By a change of vowel pointing, “To Israel.” Heb., ʼEl Yis·ra·ʼelʹ; LXXSyVg, “The God of Israel.”
REFERENCES
- ^ Nu 10:35; Ps 44:26
- ^ Ps 59:11; Is 33:3
- ^ De 7:10; Ps 21:8
- ^ Is 9:18; Ho 13:3
- ^ Ps 97:5; Mc 1:4
- ^ Na 1:6; 2Th 1:9
- ^ De 12:12; Ps 32:11; 33:1; Pp 4:4
- ^ Pr 11:10
- ^ Ps 43:4
- ^ Ps 67:4; Is 12:4
- ^ De 33:26; Ps 18:10; 104:3; Is 19:1
- ^ Ex 6:3
- ^ Ex 22:22; De 10:18; Ps 10:14; 146:9
- ^ Is 57:15; Ac 7:48
- ^ 1Sa 2:5; Ps 113:9
- ^ Is 61:1
- ^ De 28:23; Ps 107:34
- ^ Ex 13:21
- ^ Jg 5:5
- ^ Ps 114:4, 7; Heb 12:26
- ^ Jg 5:4
- ^ Ex 19:18; De 5:24
- ^ Is 45:3
- ^ Ps 65:9; Eze 34:26
- ^ De 11:12
- ^ Nu 10:34
- ^ Ps 15:1
- ^ De 26:5; Lu 1:53
- ^ Ps 40:3
- ^ Ex 15:20; Jg 5:1; 11:34; 1Sa 18:6; Is 40:9; Ac 8:12
- ^ Nu 31:8; Jos 10:16; 12:7; Jg 5:19
- ^ Nu 31:27; 1Sa 30:24
- ^ Ps 105:37
- ^ Nu 21:3; Jos 10:10; Je 2:3; Jl 1:15
- ^ Jg 9:48
- ^ Nu 21:33; Mc 7:14
- ^ Mt 17:1; Mr 9:2; 2Pe 1:18
- ^ De 3:8, 10; Ps 42:6
- ^ 1Ch 11:5; Ps 48:2; 132:13
- ^ De 12:5; 1Ki 9:3; Heb 12:22
- ^ De 33:2; 2Ki 6:17; Da 7:10; Mt 26:53; Re 5:11
- ^ Ex 19:23
- ^ Ps 47:5
- ^ 2Sa 5:7; Eph 4:8
- ^ 2Sa 24:16; 1Ch 21:15; Eph 4:11
- ^ De 2:36; 7:22; Mt 9:13; 1Ti 1:13
- ^ Ps 15:1; 2Co 6:16
- ^ Ps 55:22; 1Pe 5:7
- ^ Ps 95:1
- ^ Is 12:2; 45:17; Ho 1:7
- ^ Da 4:35; Ac 4:24
- ^ De 32:39
- ^ Hab 3:13
- ^ Ps 55:23; Eze 18:26; Lu 13:5
- ^ Nu 21:33
- ^ Ex 14:22; Is 51:10
- ^ Ps 58:10; Is 63:3
- ^ 1Ki 21:19; 22:38; 2Ki 9:33
- ^ Ps 24:7
- ^ 1Ch 13:8
- ^ 1Ch 15:16; Ps 87:7; 150:3
- ^ Ex 15:20; Jg 11:34; 1Sa 18:6; Ps 148:12
- ^ Ps 26:12; 107:32
- ^ Ps 95:6; Is 44:2; Je 2:13
- ^ Ge 49:27; 1Sa 9:21
- ^ 1Ch 12:34
- ^ Ps 42:8; 71:3; Is 40:31
- ^ Ps 138:8; Eph 3:20
- ^ 1Sa 3:3; 1Ki 6:1; 1Ch 16:1; Ezr 5:14
- ^ 1Ki 10:10; 2Ch 32:23; Ps 72:10
- ^ Jb 40:21
- ^ 2Sa 8:5; Ps 22:12; Eze 39:18
- ^ 2Sa 8:2
- ^ Ps 120:7
- ^ Ps 72:9; Is 45:14; 60:5
- ^ Zp 3:10; Ac 8:27
- ^ De 32:43
- ^ Ps 18:10; 104:3
- ^ Eze 10:5
- ^ Ps 29:1; 96:7
- ^ Ps 93:1
- ^ Ps 43:3; 47:2; 66:5; 73:17
- ^ Ps 29:11; Is 40:31; Zc 10:12
- ^ Ps 72:18
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