Ps 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the LORD, and exult before Him.
Ps 68:5 ¶ A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
Ps 68:6 God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Ps 68:7 ¶ O God, when You went forth before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.
Ps 68:8 The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Ps 68:9 You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.
Ps 68:10 Your creatures settled in it; You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.
Ps 68:11 ¶ The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:
Ps 68:12 "Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!"
Ps 68:13 When you lie down among the sheepfolds, You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.
Ps 68:15 ¶ A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
Ps 68:16 Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, At the mountain which God has desired for His abode? Surely the LORD will dwell there forever.
Ps 68:17 The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
Ps 68:18 You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that the LORD God may dwell there.
Ps 68:19 ¶ Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah.
Ps 68:20 God is to us a God of deliverances; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death.
Ps 68:21 Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies, The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.
Ps 68:22 The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
Ps 68:23 That your foot may shatter them in blood, The tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies."
Ps 68:24 ¶ They have seen Your procession, O God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.