Monday 17 October 2011

Psalm 68 - to the choir director. Of David. A Psalm, a Song

I was recently encouraged to not only read the Bible, but also pray over the Word of God and make the Word of God my prayer, my breathing, my cry, and even my writing! So here it is, I want to make Psalm 68 not just my reading, not just a "copy + paste", but I want to write down this wonderful Psalm. This Psalm has in its verse some of the highest revelations in all the Psalms!

Psalm 68 - To the Choir Director. Of David. A Psalm; a Song
  1. Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered; and let those who hate Him flee before Him.
  2. As smoke is driven away, You will drive them away; as wax melts before fire, the wicked will perish before God.
  3. But the righteous will rejoice; they will exult before God and be glad with rejoicing.
  4. Sing to God; sing psalms to His name; triumph in Him who rides through the deserts - for Jah is His name - and exult before Him.
  5. A Father to the orphans and a Judge for the widows is God in His holy habitation.
  6. God causes the solitary to dwell in a household; He brings the prisoners forth into prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
  7. O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the desert, Sehah
  8. The earth trembled, the heavens also dripped, at the presence of God; Sinai there quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
  9. You shed forth bountiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it languished.
  10. Your living flock dwelt in the land; in Your goodness You provided for the poor, o God.
  11. The Lord gives the command; the women who bear the glad tidings are a great host.
  12. The kings of the armies flee. They flee! And she who abides at home divides the spoil.
  13. Though you lie among the sheepfolds, there are dove wings covered with silver, and its pinions, with greenish-yellow gold.
  14. When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it snowed in Zalmon.
  15. O mighty mountain, o mountain of Bashan, o many-peaked mountain, o mountain of Bashan:
  16. Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountains, at the mountain on which God desires to dwell? Indeed Jehovah will dwell there forever.
  17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as at Sinai, in the sanctuary.
  18. You have ascended on high; You have led captive those taken captive; You have received gifts among men, even the rebellious ones also, that Jehovah God may dwell among them.
  19. Blessed be the Lord, who day by day loads us with good; God is our salvation. Selah
  20. God is to us a God of deliverance, and with Jehovah the Lord are goings forth even from death.
  21. Indeed God will smash the head of His enemies, the hairy crown of him who goes about in his guiltiness. 
  22. The Lord said, I will bring them again from Bashan; I will bring them again from the depths of the sea,
  23. That you may bathe your foot in blood, that the tongue of your dogs may have their portion from the enemies.
  24. They have seen Your goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary:
  25. Singers go before; players after; in the midst of virgins sounding the tambourines.
  26. Bless God in the congregations, even Jehovah, O you who are of the fountain of Israel.
  27. There are little Benjamin, who rules them, and the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
  28. Your God has commanded your strength; strengthen, O God, that which You have done for us.
  29. Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, kings will bring a gift to You.
  30. Rebuke the animals of the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the peoples, trampling on those who lust after silver; scatter the peoples who take delight in war. 
  31. Nobles will come out of Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out its hand to God.
  32. O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, sing psalms to the Lord, Selah
  33. To Him who rides upon the ancient heaven of heavens. Behold, He utters His voice, a mighty voice.
  34. Ascribe strength to God; His excellence is over Israel, and His strength is in the skies.
  35. You are awesome, O God, from Your sanctuaries. The God of Israel, He gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God!
Hallelujah! Blessed be God! [read the article that talks about this psalm - and for which article I posted this psalm here.]

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