Psalms 68:1-14 - ESV Online

PSALMS 68:1-14

God Shall Scatter His Enemies

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
68:1

God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;

and those who hate him shall flee before him! 2

As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;

as wax melts before fire,

so the wicked shall perish before God! 3

But the righteous shall be glad;

they shall exult before God;

they shall be jubilant with joy!
4

Sing to God, sing praises to his name;

lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;

his name is the Lord;

exult before him! 5

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows

is God in his holy habitation. 6

God settles the solitary in a home;

he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,

but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7

O God, when you went out before your people,

when you marched through the wilderness, Selah 8

the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,

before God, the One of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel. 9

Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;

you restored your inheritance as it languished; 10

your flock found a dwelling in it;

in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
11

The Lord gives the word;

the women who announce the news are a great host: 12

“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”

The women at home divide the spoil— 13

though you men lie among the sheepfolds—

the wings of a dove covered with silver,

its pinions with shimmering gold. 14

When the Almighty scatters kings there,

let snow fall on Zalmon.

ESV® Permanent Text Edition (2016). The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers.