392Or, God ariseth Similarly throughout vss. 1, 2, 3.
68: 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
68: 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
68: 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is 393Jehovah; and exult ye before him.
393Hb. Jah; (perhaps meaning, He is the Future)
68: 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
68: 6 God 394setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
394Hb. maketh the solitary to dwell in a house:
68: 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; [Selah
68: 8 The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God: Yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
68: 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
68: 10 Thy 395congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
395Or, troop
68: 11 396Jehovah giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.
396Sopherim changed to The Lord And in vss. 17, 22.
68: 12 Kings of armies shall flee, they shall flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
68: 13 397When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
397Or, Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, As the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold?
68: 14 When the Almighty scattered kings therein, 398It is as when it snoweth in Zalmon.
398Or, It snowed in Zalmon.
68: 15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A 399high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.
399Hb. mountain of summits is the mountain of Bashan.
68: 16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yes, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.
68: 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: Jehovah is among them, 400as in Sinai, in the Holy.
400Or, Sinai is in the sanctuary.
68: 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yes, among the rebellious also, that 401Jehovah God might 402dwell with them.
401Hb. Jah See vs. 4.
402Or, dwell there.
68: 19 Blessed be 403Jehovah, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. [Selah
403Sopherim changed to the Lord, Or, Jehovah day by day: If one oppresseth us, God is our salvation.
68: 20 God is unto us a God of salvations; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.
68: 21 But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
68: 22 Jehovah said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea;
68: 23 That thou mayest crush them, dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.
68: 24 They have seen thy goings, O God, Even the goings of my God, my King, 404in the Holy.
404Or, in the sanctuary. or, in holiness.
68: 25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
68: 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, Even 405Jehovah, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.
405Sopherim changed to the Lord, And in vs. 32.
68: 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, The princes of Judah and their 406council, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
406Or, company,
68: 28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: 407Strengthen, O God, that which thou 408hast wrought for us.
407Or, Be strong, O God, thou that hast wrought for us.
408Or, hast wrought for us out of thy temple. 29 Unto Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
68: 29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem Kings shall bring presents unto thee.
68: 30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, 409Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: 410He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.
409Or, Every one submitting himself with pieces of silver:
410Hbmg reads Scatter thou the peoples that etc.
68: 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; 411Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
411Hb. Cush or, Black Africa
68: 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; Oh sing praises unto Jehovah; [Selah
68: 33 To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.
68: 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: His excellency is over Israel, And his strength is in the skies.
68: 35 412O God, thou art awesome out of thy sanctuaries: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
412Or, Awesome is God out of thy holy places:
