Ps 68

FFor the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. (MT 68:2; LXX 67:1; LXX 67:2; Rahlfs 67:1; Rahlfs 67:2) לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ לְדָוִ֗ד מִזְמ֥וֹר שִֽׁיר׃ 2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. (MT 68:3; LXX 67:3; Rahlfs 67:3) יָק֣וּם אֱ֭לֹהִים יָפ֣וּצוּ אוֹיְבָ֑יו וְיָנ֥וּסוּ מְ֝שַׂנְאָ֗יו מִפָּנָֽיו׃ 3But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness. (MT 68:4; LXX 67:4; Rahlfs 67:4) כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּהִמֵּ֣ס דּ֭וֹנַג מִפְּנֵי־אֵ֑שׁ יֹאבְד֥וּ רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים מִפְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃ 4Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him! (MT 68:5; LXX 67:5; Rahlfs 67:5) וְֽצַדִּיקִ֗ים יִשְׂמְח֣וּ יַֽ֭עַלְצוּ לִפְנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִ֗ים וְיָשִׂ֥ישׂוּ בְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ 5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. (MT 68:6; LXX 67:6; Rahlfs 67:6) שִׁ֤ירוּ ׀ לֵֽאלֹהִים֮ זַמְּר֪וּ שְׁ֫מ֥וֹ סֹ֡לּוּ לָרֹכֵ֣ב בָּ֭עֲרָבוֹת בְּיָ֥הּ שְׁמ֗וֹ וְעִלְז֥וּ לְפָנָֽיו׃ 6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land. (MT 68:7; LXX 67:7; Rahlfs 67:7) אֲבִ֣י יְ֭תוֹמִים וְדַיַּ֣ן אַלְמָנ֑וֹת אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים בִּמְע֥וֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ 7God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah. (MT 68:8; LXX 67:8; Rahlfs 67:8) אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ מ֘וֹשִׁ֤יב יְחִידִ֨ים ׀ בַּ֗יְתָה מוֹצִ֣יא אֲ֭סִירִים בַּכּוֹשָׁר֑וֹת אַ֥ךְ ס֝וֹרֲרִ֗ים שָׁכְנ֥וּ צְחִיחָֽה׃ 8The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai— at the presence of God, the God of Israel. (MT 68:9; LXX 67:9; Rahlfs 67:9) אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים בְּ֭צֵאתְךָ לִפְנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּצַעְדְּךָ֖ בִֽישִׁימ֣וֹן סֶֽלָה׃ 9You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary. (MT 68:10; LXX 67:10; Rahlfs 67:10) אֶ֤רֶץ רָעָ֨שָׁה ׀ אַף־שָׁמַ֣יִם נָטְפוּ֮ מִפְּנֵ֪י אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים זֶ֥ה סִינַ֑י מִפְּנֵ֥י אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ 10Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor. (MT 68:11; LXX 67:11; Rahlfs 67:11) גֶּ֣שֶׁם נְ֭דָבוֹת תָּנִ֣יף אֱלֹהִ֑ים נַחֲלָתְךָ֥ וְ֝נִלְאָ֗ה אַתָּ֥ה כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ׃ 11The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company. (MT 68:12; LXX 67:12; Rahlfs 67:12) חַיָּתְךָ֥ יָֽשְׁבוּ־בָ֑הּ תָּ֤כִ֥ין בְּטוֹבָתְךָ֖ לֶעָנִ֣י אֱלֹהִֽים׃ 12“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder, (MT 68:13; LXX 67:13; Rahlfs 67:13) אֲדֹנָ֥י יִתֶּן־אֹ֑מֶר הַֽ֝מְבַשְּׂר֗וֹת צָבָ֥א רָֽב׃ 13while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold. (MT 68:14; LXX 67:14; Rahlfs 67:14) מַלְכֵ֣י צְ֭בָאוֹת יִדֹּד֣וּן יִדֹּד֑וּן וּנְוַת בַּ֝֗יִת תְּחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁלָֽל׃ 14When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon. (MT 68:15; LXX 67:15; Rahlfs 67:15) אִֽם־תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮ בֵּ֪ין שְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִם כַּנְפֵ֣י י֭וֹנָה נֶחְפָּ֣ה בַכֶּ֑סֶף וְ֝אֶבְרוֹתֶ֗יהָ בִּֽירַקְרַ֥ק חָרֽוּץ׃ 15The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged. (MT 68:16; LXX 67:16; Rahlfs 67:16) בְּפָ֘רֵ֤שׂ שַׁדַּ֓י מְלָ֘כִ֤ים בָּ֗הּ תַּשְׁלֵ֥ג בְּצַלְמֽוֹן׃ 16Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever. (MT 68:17; LXX 67:17; Rahlfs 67:17) הַר־אֱ֭לֹהִים הַר־בָּשָׁ֑ן הַ֥ר גַּ֝בְנֻנִּ֗ים הַר־בָּשָֽׁן׃ 17The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary. (MT 68:18; LXX 67:18; Rahlfs 67:18) לָ֤מָּה ׀ תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮ הָרִ֪ים גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים הָהָ֗ר חָמַ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אַף־יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָנֶֽצַח׃ 18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there. (MT 68:19; LXX 67:19; Rahlfs 67:19) רֶ֤כֶב אֱלֹהִ֗ים רִבֹּתַ֣יִם אַלְפֵ֣י שִׁנְאָ֑ן אֲדֹנָ֥י בָ֝֗ם סִינַ֥י בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ 19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah. (MT 68:20; LXX 67:20; Rahlfs 67:20) עָ֘לִ֤יתָ לַמָּר֨וֹם ׀ שָׁ֘בִ֤יתָ שֶּׁ֗בִי לָקַ֣חְתָּ מַ֭תָּנוֹת בָּאָדָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף ס֝וֹרְרִ֗ים לִשְׁכֹּ֤ן ׀ יָ֬הּ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ 20God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death. (MT 68:21; LXX 67:21; Rahlfs 67:21) בָּ֤ר֣וּךְ אֲדֹנָי֮ י֤וֹם ׀ י֥וֹם יַֽעֲמָס־לָ֗נוּ הָ֘אֵ֤ל יְֽשׁוּעָתֵ֬נוּ סֶֽלָה׃ 21But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness. (MT 68:22; LXX 67:22; Rahlfs 67:22) הָ֤אֵ֣ל ׀ לָנוּ֮ אֵ֤ל לְֽמוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹת וְלֵיהוִ֥ה אֲדֹנָ֑י לַ֝מָּ֗וֶת תּוֹצָאֽוֹת׃ 22The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea, (MT 68:23; LXX 67:23; Rahlfs 67:23) אַךְ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִמְחַץ֮ רֹ֤אשׁ אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו קָדְקֹ֥ד שֵׂעָ֑ר מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בַּאֲשָׁמָֽיו׃ 23that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.” (MT 68:24; LXX 67:24; Rahlfs 67:24) אָמַ֣ר אֲ֭דֹנָי מִבָּשָׁ֣ן אָשִׁ֑יב אָ֝שִׁ֗יב מִֽמְּצֻל֥וֹת יָֽם׃ 24They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. (MT 68:25; LXX 67:25; Rahlfs 67:25) לְמַ֤עַן ׀ תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ רַגְלְךָ֗ בְּ֫דָ֥ם לְשׁ֥וֹן כְּלָבֶ֑יךָ מֵאֹיְבִ֥ים מִנֵּֽהוּ׃ 25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines, (MT 68:26; LXX 67:26; Rahlfs 67:26) רָא֣וּ הֲלִיכוֹתֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִ֑ים הֲלִ֘יכ֤וֹת אֵלִ֖י מַלְכִּ֣י בַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ 26“Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!” (MT 68:27; LXX 67:27; Rahlfs 67:27) קִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֭רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹגְנִ֑ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃ 27There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. (MT 68:28; LXX 67:28; Rahlfs 67:28) בְּֽ֭מַקְהֵלוֹת בָּרְכ֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִמְּק֥וֹר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ 28Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us. (MT 68:29; LXX 67:29; Rahlfs 67:29) שָׁ֤ם בִּנְיָמִ֨ן ׀ צָעִ֡יר רֹדֵ֗ם שָׂרֵ֣י יְ֭הוּדָה רִגְמָתָ֑ם שָׂרֵ֥י זְ֝בֻל֗וּן שָׂרֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִֽי׃ 29Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you. (MT 68:30; LXX 67:30; Rahlfs 67:30) צִוָּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ עֻ֫זֶּ֥ךָ עוּזָּ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֑ים ז֝֗וּ פָּעַ֥לְתָּ לָּֽנוּ׃ 30Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot the bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war. (MT 68:31; LXX 67:31; Rahlfs 67:31) מֵֽ֭הֵיכָלֶךָ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְךָ֤ יוֹבִ֖ילוּ מְלָכִ֣ים שָֽׁי׃ 31Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God. (MT 68:32; LXX 67:32; Rahlfs 67:32) גְּעַ֨ר חַיַּ֪ת קָנֶ֡ה עֲדַ֤ת אַבִּירִ֨ים ׀ בְּעֶגְלֵ֬י עַמִּ֗ים מִתְרַפֵּ֥ס בְּרַצֵּי־כָ֑סֶף בִּזַּ֥ר עַ֝מִּ֗ים קְרָב֥וֹת יֶחְפָּֽצוּ׃ 32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord— Selah— (MT 68:33; LXX 67:33; Rahlfs 67:33) יֶאֱתָ֣יוּ חַ֭שְׁמַנִּים מִנִּ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם כּ֥וּשׁ תָּרִ֥יץ יָ֝דָ֗יו לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ 33to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice. (MT 68:34; LXX 67:34; Rahlfs 67:34) מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָ֭אָרֶץ שִׁ֣ירוּ לֵאלֹהִ֑ים זַמְּר֖וּ אֲדֹנָ֣י סֶֽלָה׃ 34Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies. (MT 68:35; LXX 67:35; Rahlfs 67:35) לָ֭רֹכֵב בִּשְׁמֵ֣י שְׁמֵי־קֶ֑דֶם הֵ֥ן יִתֵּ֥ן בְּ֝קוֹלוֹ ק֣וֹל עֹֽז׃ 35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God! (MT 68:36; LXX 67:36; Rahlfs 67:36) תְּנ֥וּ עֹ֗ז לֵֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים עַֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל גַּאֲוָת֑וֹ וְ֝עֻזּ֗וֹ בַּשְּׁחָקִֽים׃