1 Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. 2 Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face. 3 As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 4 And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness. 5 Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence, 6 Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place: 7 God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres. 8 O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert: 9 The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. 10 Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect. 11 In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor. 12 The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power. 13 The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils. 14 If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold. 15 When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon. 16 The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain. 17 Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end. 18 The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place. 19 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God. 20 Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us. 21 Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death. 22 But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins. 23 The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea: 24 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same. 25 They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary. 26 Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels. 27 In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of Israel. 28 There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali. 29 Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us. 30 From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee. 31 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars: 32 Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. 33 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God, 34 Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power: 35 Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds. 36 God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.
Psalms · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Psalm 67 (68) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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Notes on this text (2)
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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 DRB.
- 1 Numbers 10:35; Isaiah 51:9–10; Isaiah 42:13–14; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 89:10
- 2 Numbers 10:35; Isaiah 51:9–10; Isaiah 42:13–14; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 89:10
- 3 Micah 1:4; Hosea 13:3; Psalm 37:20; Revelation 6:16–17; Isaiah 9:18
- 4 Psalm 64:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; Psalm 100:1–2; Revelation 18:20; Psalm 95:1–2
- 5 Deuteronomy 33:26; Isaiah 12:4–6; Psalm 66:4; Psalm 104:3; Psalm 68:33
- 6 Psalm 10:14; Jeremiah 49:11; Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalm 82:3–4; Psalm 146:9
- 7 Psalm 113:9; Psalm 69:33; Psalm 107:10; Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 107:14
- 8 Exodus 13:21; Judges 5:4; Judges 4:14; Habakkuk 3:12–13; Micah 2:13
- 9 Exodus 19:18; Exodus 19:16; Judges 5:4–5; Deuteronomy 5:23–25; Hebrews 12:26
- 10 Deuteronomy 11:14; Ezekiel 34:26; Psalm 65:9–13; Psalm 78:24–27; Deuteronomy 11:10–12
- 11 Deuteronomy 26:9–10; Psalm 74:19; Matthew 11:5; 1 Samuel 2:8; Luke 1:53
- 12 Exodus 15:20; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 68:25; Exodus 17:9–16; Judges 4:6–5:31
- 13 Joshua 10:16; Judges 5:19; Revelation 19:17–20; Joshua 12:7–24; 1 Samuel 30:24
- 14 Genesis 49:14; Psalm 105:37; Judges 5:16; Titus 3:3; Revelation 1:5–6
- 15 Isaiah 1:18; Revelation 19:14–21; Judges 2:7; Judges 9:48; Joshua 10:10–43
- 16 Psalm 87:1–2; Psalm 2:6; Psalm 78:68–69; Micah 7:14; Deuteronomy 3:10
- 17 Deuteronomy 12:5; Psalm 132:13–14; Revelation 21:2–3; Hebrews 12:22–23; 1 Kings 9:3
- 18 Deuteronomy 33:2; Daniel 7:10; Revelation 5:11; Revelation 9:16; Habakkuk 3:8
- 19 Ephesians 4:8–10; Revelation 21:3; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Peter 3:22; Psalm 110:1
- 20 Isaiah 46:4; Lamentations 3:23; Ephesians 1:3; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 103:1–22
- 21 Deuteronomy 32:39; Revelation 1:18; Isaiah 12:2; John 5:21; 1 Samuel 2:6
- 22 Habakkuk 3:13; Psalm 7:12; Luke 13:5; Psalm 110:6; Revelation 2:14–16
- 23 Numbers 21:33; Ezekiel 36:24; Exodus 14:22; Isaiah 51:10–11; Amos 9:2–3
- 24 1 Kings 21:19; Psalm 58:10; 1 Kings 22:38; Revelation 19:17–21; 2 Kings 9:33–37
- 25 Psalm 47:5–7; 1 Chronicles 15:16–24; 2 Samuel 6:12–17; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Psalm 24:7–10
- 26 1 Chronicles 13:8; Judges 11:34; Exodus 15:20; Revelation 14:2–3; Revelation 15:2–3
- 27 Isaiah 48:1; Deuteronomy 33:28; Psalm 111:1; Proverbs 5:16; Psalm 26:12
- 28 1 Samuel 9:21; 1 Chronicles 12:16; Psalm 60:7; Isaiah 11:13; Judges 21:6–25
- 29 Psalm 138:8; Psalm 71:3; Philippians 1:6; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
- 30 1 Kings 10:10; Psalm 76:11; 1 Chronicles 29:3; Isaiah 60:6–11; Isaiah 18:7
- 31 Psalm 22:12–13; Romans 7:22; Psalm 89:10; Psalm 18:44; Isaiah 37:1–38
- 32 Isaiah 45:14; Zephaniah 3:10; Acts 8:27–40; Isaiah 19:18–25; Psalm 44:20
- 33 Deuteronomy 32:43; Romans 15:10–11; Psalm 67:2–5; Psalm 117:1–2; Revelation 15:4
- 34 Psalm 18:10; Psalm 104:3; Psalm 68:4; 1 Kings 8:27; Revelation 11:19
- 35 Revelation 19:6; 1 Chronicles 16:28–29; 2 Peter 1:17; Psalm 150:1; Psalm 96:6–8
- 36 Psalm 29:11; Colossians 1:11; Philippians 4:13; Isaiah 40:29; Psalm 65:5
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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.
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“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).
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)
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.
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)
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)
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)