Psalms 68

DouayRheims(i) 1 Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. (68:2) Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face. 2 (68:3) As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 (68:4) And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness. 4 (68:5) Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence, 5 (68:6) Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place: 6 (68:7) God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres. 7 (68:8) O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert: 8 (68:9) The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. 9 (68:10) Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect. 10 (68:11) In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor. 11 (68:12) The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power. 12 (68:13) The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils. 13 (68:14) If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold. 14 (68:15) When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon. 15 (68:16) The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain. 16 (68:17) Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end. 17 (68:18) The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place. 18 (68:19) Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God. 19 (68:20) Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us. 20 (68:21) Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death. 21 (68:22) But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins. 22 (68:23) The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea: 23 (68:24) That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same. 24 (68:25) They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary. 25 (68:26) Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels. 26 (68:27) In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of Israel. 27 (68:28) There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali. 28 (68:29) Command thy strength, O God confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us. 29 (68:30) From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee. 30 (68:31) Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars: 31 (68:32) Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. 32 (68:33) Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God, 33 (68:34) Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power: 34 (68:35) Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds. 35 (68:36) God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.