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Psalm 67 (68) Catholic Public Domain Version

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 68 · About the recordings

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Psalm 67 in CPDV = Psalm 68 in WEB.

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WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself.
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2 May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face.
68:1 For 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.
3 Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.
68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
4 And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.
68:3 But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
5 Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face,
68:4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
6 the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place.
68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
7 It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.
68:6 God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
8 O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert,
68:7 God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
9 the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel.
68:8 The 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.
10 You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.
68:9 You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.
11 Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.
68:10 Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
12 The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue.
68:11 The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
13 The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils.
68:12 “Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,
14 If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold.
68:13 while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
15 When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon.
68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.
16 The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain.
68:15 The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
17 So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.
68:16 Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
18 The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.
68:17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
19 You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God.
68:18 You 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.
20 Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.
68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
21 Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.
68:20 God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
22 So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.
68:21 But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
23 The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea,
68:22 The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,
24 so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same.
68:23 that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
25 O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place.
68:24 They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
26 The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels.
68:25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
27 In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel.
68:26 “Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”
28 In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.
68:27 There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
29 Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.
68:28 Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.
30 Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you.
68:29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.
31 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars.
68:30 Rebuke 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.
32 Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.
68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
33 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God.
68:32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord— Selah—
34 He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue.
68:33 to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
35 Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.
68:34 Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.
36 God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God.
68:35 You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
Cross references (36)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.

  1. 1 Numbers 10:35; Isaiah 51:9–10; Isaiah 42:13–14; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 89:10
  2. 2 Numbers 10:35; Isaiah 51:9–10; Isaiah 42:13–14; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 89:10
  3. 3 Micah 1:4; Hosea 13:3; Psalm 37:20; Revelation 6:16–17; Isaiah 9:18
  4. 4 Psalm 64:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; Psalm 100:1–2; Revelation 18:20; Psalm 95:1–2
  5. 5 Deuteronomy 33:26; Isaiah 12:4–6; Psalm 66:4; Psalm 104:3; Psalm 68:33
  6. 6 Psalm 10:14; Jeremiah 49:11; Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalm 82:3–4; Psalm 146:9
  7. 7 Psalm 113:9; Psalm 69:33; Psalm 107:10; Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 107:14
  8. 8 Exodus 13:21; Judges 5:4; Judges 4:14; Habakkuk 3:12–13; Micah 2:13
  9. 9 Exodus 19:18; Exodus 19:16; Judges 5:4–5; Deuteronomy 5:23–25; Hebrews 12:26
  10. 10 Deuteronomy 11:14; Ezekiel 34:26; Psalm 65:9–13; Psalm 78:24–27; Deuteronomy 11:10–12
  11. 11 Deuteronomy 26:9–10; Psalm 74:19; Matthew 11:5; 1 Samuel 2:8; Luke 1:53
  12. 12 Exodus 15:20; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 68:25; Exodus 17:9–16; Judges 4:6–5:31
  13. 13 Joshua 10:16; Judges 5:19; Revelation 19:17–20; Joshua 12:7–24; 1 Samuel 30:24
  14. 14 Genesis 49:14; Psalm 105:37; Judges 5:16; Titus 3:3; Revelation 1:5–6
  15. 15 Isaiah 1:18; Revelation 19:14–21; Judges 2:7; Judges 9:48; Joshua 10:10–43
  16. 16 Psalm 87:1–2; Psalm 2:6; Psalm 78:68–69; Micah 7:14; Deuteronomy 3:10
  17. 17 Deuteronomy 12:5; Psalm 132:13–14; Revelation 21:2–3; Hebrews 12:22–23; 1 Kings 9:3
  18. 18 Deuteronomy 33:2; Daniel 7:10; Revelation 5:11; Revelation 9:16; Habakkuk 3:8
  19. 19 Ephesians 4:8–10; Revelation 21:3; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Peter 3:22; Psalm 110:1
  20. 20 Isaiah 46:4; Lamentations 3:23; Ephesians 1:3; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 103:1–22
  21. 21 Deuteronomy 32:39; Revelation 1:18; Isaiah 12:2; John 5:21; 1 Samuel 2:6
  22. 22 Habakkuk 3:13; Psalm 7:12; Luke 13:5; Psalm 110:6; Revelation 2:14–16
  23. 23 Numbers 21:33; Ezekiel 36:24; Exodus 14:22; Isaiah 51:10–11; Amos 9:2–3
  24. 24 1 Kings 21:19; Psalm 58:10; 1 Kings 22:38; Revelation 19:17–21; 2 Kings 9:33–37
  25. 25 Psalm 47:5–7; 1 Chronicles 15:16–24; 2 Samuel 6:12–17; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Psalm 24:7–10
  26. 26 1 Chronicles 13:8; Judges 11:34; Exodus 15:20; Revelation 14:2–3; Revelation 15:2–3
  27. 27 Isaiah 48:1; Deuteronomy 33:28; Psalm 111:1; Proverbs 5:16; Psalm 26:12
  28. 28 1 Samuel 9:21; 1 Chronicles 12:16; Psalm 60:7; Isaiah 11:13; Judges 21:6–25
  29. 29 Psalm 138:8; Psalm 71:3; Philippians 1:6; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
  30. 30 1 Kings 10:10; Psalm 76:11; 1 Chronicles 29:3; Isaiah 60:6–11; Isaiah 18:7
  31. 31 Psalm 22:12–13; Romans 7:22; Psalm 89:10; Psalm 18:44; Isaiah 37:1–38
  32. 32 Isaiah 45:14; Zephaniah 3:10; Acts 8:27–40; Isaiah 19:18–25; Psalm 44:20
  33. 33 Deuteronomy 32:43; Romans 15:10–11; Psalm 67:2–5; Psalm 117:1–2; Revelation 15:4
  34. 34 Psalm 18:10; Psalm 104:3; Psalm 68:4; 1 Kings 8:27; Revelation 11:19
  35. 35 Revelation 19:6; 1 Chronicles 16:28–29; 2 Peter 1:17; Psalm 150:1; Psalm 96:6–8
  36. 36 Psalm 29:11; Colossians 1:11; Philippians 4:13; Isaiah 40:29; Psalm 65:5

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

Articles and answers on this site that cite Psalm 68 (Hebrew/English numbering).

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 68.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXVII)

    Your Love remembereth, that in two Psalms, which have been already treated of, we have stirred up our soul to bless the Lord, and with godly chant have said, "Bless thou, O my soul, the Lord." If therefore we have stirred up our soul in those Psalms to bless the Lord, in this Psalm is well said, "May God have …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 68:18 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapter XIX)

    For the Lord, through means of suffering, "ascending into the lofty place, led captivity captive, gave gifts to men," and conferred on those that believe in Him the power "to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy," that is, of the leader of apostasy.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 68:5 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IX, Chapters XI–XII)

    Lo, this also I confess unto Thy mercy, "Father of the fatherless," that I bathed, and felt the same as before I had done so.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  4. Quotes verse 68:18 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XIX)

    For one saith, "Thou hast gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, and hast received gifts amongst men." And, "The Lord strong and mighty in battle." And another saith, "He shall divide the spoils of the strong." For indeed to this purpose He came, that He might "preach deliverance to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind." …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 68:5 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VII)

    And if the Psalmist says, Let them be troubled from His countenance, the Father of the fatherless, and Judge of the widows, is it not manifest to all, that when God is called the Father of orphans who have lately lost their own fathers, He is so named not as begetting them of Himself, but as caring for them …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)