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World English Bible

Psalm 68 (WEBP)

[1] Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
[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.
[3] But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
[4] Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
[5] A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
[6] God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
[7] God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness… Selah.
[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.
[9] You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.
[10] Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
[11] The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
[12] “Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,
[13] while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
[14] When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.
[15] The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
[16] Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
[17] The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
[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.
[19] Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
[20] God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
[21] But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
[22] The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,
[23] that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
[24] They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
[25] The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
[26] “Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”
[27] There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
[28] Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.
[29] Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.
[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.
[31] Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
[32] Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord—Selah—
[33] to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
[34] Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.
[35] You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 68 (KJVS)

[1] Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: Let them also that hate him flee before him.
[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.
[3] But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
[4] Sing unto God, Sing praises to his name: Extol him that rideth upon the heavens By his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
[5] A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
[6] God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out those which are bound with chains: But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
[7] O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
[8] The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: Even Sinai itself was moved At the presence of God, the God of Israel.
[9] Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, When it was weary.
[10] Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
[11] The Lord gave the word: Great was the company of those that published it.
[12] Kings of armies did flee apace: And she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
[13] Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove Covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
[14] When the Almighty scattered kings in it, It was white as snow in Salmon.
[15] The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; An high hill as the hill of Bashan.
[16] Why leap ye, ye high hills? This is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; Yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
[17] The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
[18] Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: Thou hast received gifts for men; Yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
[19] Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
[20] He that is our God is the God of salvation; And unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
[21] But God shall wound the head of his enemies, And the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
[22] The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
[23] That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, And the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
[24] They have seen thy goings, O God; Even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
[25] The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; Among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
[26] Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
[27] There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, The princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
[28] Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
[29] Because of thy temple at Jerusalem Shall kings bring presents unto thee.
[30] Rebuke the company of spearmen, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, Till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: Scatter thou the people that delight in war.
[31] Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
[32] Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
[33] To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; Lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
[34] Ascribe ye strength unto God: His excellency is over Israel, And his strength is in the clouds.
[35] O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

Psalm 68:1 Heb. from his face
Psalm 68:3 Heb. rejoice with gladness
Psalm 68:6 Heb. in a house
Psalm 68:9a Heb. shake out
Psalm 68:9b Heb. confirm it
Psalm 68:11 Heb. army
Psalm 68:12 Heb. did flee, did flee
Psalm 68:14 Or, for her, she was
Psalm 68:17 Or, even many thousands
Psalm 68:18 Heb. in the man
Psalm 68:23 Or, red
Psalm 68:26 Or, ye that are of the fountain of Israel
Psalm 68:27 Or, with their company
Psalm 68:30a Or, the beast of the reeds
Psalm 68:30b Or, he scattereth
Psalm 68:33 Heb. give
Psalm 68:34 Or, heavens

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 68 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () τῷ () Δαυιδ () ψαλμὸς () ᾠδῆς. () Ἀναστήτω () ὁ () θεός, () καὶ () διασκορπισθήτωσαν () οἱ () ἐχθροὶ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () φυγέτωσαν () οἱ () μισοῦντες () αὐτὸν () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ. ()
[2] Ὡς () ἐκλείπει () καπνός, () ἐκλιπέτωσαν· () ὡς () τήκεται () κηρὸς ἀπὸ () προσώπου () πυρός, () οὕτως () ἀπόλοιντο () οἱ () ἁμαρτωλοὶ () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()
[3] Καὶ () οἱ () δίκαιοι () εὐφρανθήτωσαν, () ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () τερφθήτωσαν ἐν () εὐφροσύνῃ. ()
[4] ᾌσατε () τῷ () θεῷ, () ψάλατε () τῷ () ὀνόματι () αὐτοῦ· () ὁδοποιήσατε τῷ () ἐπιβεβηκότι () ἐπὶ () δυσμῶν, () κύριος () ὄνομα () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ἀγαλλιᾶσθε () ἐνώπιον () αὐτοῦ. () Ταραχθήσονται () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ, ()
[5] τοῦ () πατρὸς () τῶν () ὀρφανῶν () καὶ () κριτοῦ () τῶν () χηρῶν· () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐν () τόπῳ () ἁγίῳ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[6] Ὁ () θεὸς () κατοικίζει μονοτρόπους ἐν () οἴκῳ () ἐξάγων () πεπεδημένους ἐν () ἀνδρείᾳ, ὁμοίως () τοὺς () παραπικραίνοντας () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () ἐν () τάφοις. ()
[7] Ὁ () θεός, () ἐν () τῷ () ἐκπορεύεσθαί () σε () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () λαοῦ () σου, () ἐν () τῷ () διαβαίνειν () σε () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () διάψαλμα
[8] γῆ () ἐσείσθη, () καὶ () γὰρ () οἱ () οὐρανοὶ () ἔσταξαν, ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () τοῦτο () Σινα, () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () Ισραηλ. ()
[9] Βροχὴν () ἑκούσιον () ἀφοριεῖς, () ὁ () θεός, () τῇ () κληρονομίᾳ () σου, () καὶ () ἠσθένησεν, () σὺ () δὲ () κατηρτίσω () αὐτήν. ()
[10] Τὰ () ζῷά () σου () κατοικοῦσιν () ἐν () αὐτῇ· () ἡτοίμασας () ἐν () τῇ () χρηστότητί () σου () τῷ () πτωχῷ, () ὁ () θεός. ()
[11] Κύριος () δώσει () ῥῆμα () τοῖς () εὐαγγελιζομένοις () δυνάμει () πολλῇ, ()
[12] ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τῶν () δυνάμεων () τοῦ () ἀγαπητοῦ, () καὶ () ὡραιότητι τοῦ () οἴκου () διελέσθαι () σκῦλα. ()
[13] Ἐὰν () κοιμηθῆτε () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () κλήρων, () πτέρυγες () περιστερᾶς () περιηργυρωμέναι, καὶ () τὰ () μετάφρενα αὐτῆς () ἐν () χλωρότητι χρυσίου. () Διάψαλμα.
[14] Ἐν () τῷ () διαστέλλειν () τὸν () ἐπουράνιον () βασιλεῖς () ἐπ’ () αὐτῆς () χιονωθήσονται ἐν () Σελμων.
[15] Ὄρος () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ὄρος () πῖον, ὄρος () τετυρωμένον, ὄρος () πῖον.
[16] Ἵνα () τί () ὑπολαμβάνετε, () ὄρη () τετυρωμένα, τὸ () ὄρος, () ὃ () εὐδόκησεν () ὁ () θεὸς () κατοικεῖν () ἐν () αὐτῷ; () Καὶ () γὰρ () ὁ () κύριος () κατασκηνώσει () εἰς () τέλος. ()
[17] Τὸ () ἅρμα () τοῦ () θεοῦ () μυριοπλάσιον, χιλιάδες () εὐθηνούντων· ὁ () κύριος () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () ἐν () Σινα () ἐν () τῷ () ἁγίῳ. ()
[18] Ἀνέβης () εἰς () ὕψος, () ᾐχμαλώτευσας () αἰχμαλωσίαν, () ἔλαβες () δόματα () ἐν () ἀνθρώπῳ, () καὶ () γὰρ () ἀπειθοῦντες () τοῦ () κατασκηνῶσαι. () Κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () εὐλογητός, ()
[19] εὐλογητὸς () κύριος () ἡμέραν () καθ’ () ἡμέραν, () κατευοδώσει ἡμῖν () ὁ () θεὸς () τῶν () σωτηρίων () ἡμῶν. () Διάψαλμα.
[20] Ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν () θεὸς () τοῦ () σῴζειν, () καὶ () τοῦ () κυρίου () κυρίου () αἱ () διέξοδοι () τοῦ () θανάτου. ()
[21] Πλὴν () ὁ () θεὸς () συνθλάσει () κεφαλὰς () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτοῦ, () κορυφὴν τριχὸς () διαπορευομένων () ἐν () πλημμελείαις αὐτῶν. ()
[22] Εἶπεν () κύριος () Ἐκ () Βασαν ἐπιστρέψω, () ἐπιστρέψω () ἐν () βυθοῖς () θαλάσσης, ()
[23] ὅπως () ἂν () βαφῇ () ὁ () πούς () σου () ἐν () αἵματι, () ἡ () γλῶσσα () τῶν () κυνῶν () σου () ἐξ () ἐχθρῶν () παρ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[24] Ἐθεωρήθησαν () αἱ () πορεῖαί () σου, () ὁ () θεός, () αἱ () πορεῖαι () τοῦ () θεοῦ () μου () τοῦ () βασιλέως () τοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () ἁγίῳ. ()
[25] Προέφθασαν () ἄρχοντες () ἐχόμενοι () ψαλλόντων () ἐν () μέσῳ () νεανίδων τυμπανιστριῶν.
[26] Ἐν () ἐκκλησίαις () εὐλογεῖτε () τὸν () θεόν, () τὸν () κύριον () ἐκ () πηγῶν () Ισραηλ. ()
[27] Ἐκεῖ () Βενιαμιν () νεώτερος () ἐν () ἐκστάσει, () ἄρχοντες () Ιουδα ἡγεμόνες () αὐτῶν, () ἄρχοντες () Ζαβουλων, () ἄρχοντες () Νεφθαλι. ()
[28] Ἔντειλαι, () ὁ () θεός, () τῇ () δυνάμει () σου, () δυνάμωσον, () ὁ () θεός, () τοῦτο, () ὃ () κατειργάσω () ἡμῖν. ()
[29] Ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ναοῦ () σου () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () σοὶ () οἴσουσιν () βασιλεῖς () δῶρα. ()
[30] Ἐπιτίμησον () τοῖς () θηρίοις () τοῦ () καλάμου· () ἡ () συναγωγὴ () τῶν () ταύρων () ἐν () ταῖς () δαμάλεσιν () τῶν () λαῶν () τοῦ () μὴ () ἀποκλεισθῆναι () τοὺς () δεδοκιμασμένους () τῷ () ἀργυρίῳ· () διασκόρπισον () ἔθνη () τὰ () τοὺς () πολέμους () θέλοντα. ()
[31] Ἥξουσιν () πρέσβεις ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου, () Αἰθιοπία προφθάσει () χεῖρα () αὐτῆς () τῷ () θεῷ. ()
[32] Αἱ () βασιλεῖαι () τῆς () γῆς, () ᾄσατε () τῷ () θεῷ, () ψάλατε () τῷ () κυρίῳ. () Διάψαλμα.
[33] Ψάλατε () τῷ () θεῷ () τῷ () ἐπιβεβηκότι () ἐπὶ () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () κατὰ () ἀνατολάς· () ἰδοὺ () δώσει () ἐν () τῇ () φωνῇ () αὐτοῦ () φωνὴν () δυνάμεως. ()
[34] Δότε () δόξαν () τῷ () θεῷ· () ἐπὶ () τὸν () Ισραηλ () ἡ () μεγαλοπρέπεια αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἡ () δύναμις () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () ταῖς () νεφέλαις. ()
[35] Θαυμαστὸς () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐν () τοῖς () ἁγίοις () αὐτοῦ· () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () αὐτὸς () δώσει () δύναμιν () καὶ () κραταίωσιν τῷ () λαῷ () αὐτοῦ. () Εὐλογητὸς () ὁ () θεός. ()

Psalm 68:1 Originally verses 67:1–2.
Psalm 68:2 Originally verse 67:3.
Psalm 68:3 Originally verse 67:4.
Psalm 68:4 Originally verse 67:5.
Psalm 68:5 Originally verse 67:6.
Psalm 68:6 Originally verse 67:7.
Psalm 68:7 Originally verse 67:8.
Psalm 68:8 Originally verse 67:9.
Psalm 68:9 Originally verse 67:10.
Psalm 68:10 Originally verse 67:11.
Psalm 68:11 Originally verse 67:12.
Psalm 68:12 Originally verse 67:13.
Psalm 68:13 Originally verse 67:14.
Psalm 68:14 Originally verse 67:15.
Psalm 68:15 Originally verse 67:16.
Psalm 68:16 Originally verse 67:17.
Psalm 68:17 Originally verse 67:18.
Psalm 68:18 Originally verse 67:19.
Psalm 68:19 Originally verse 67:20.
Psalm 68:20 Originally verse 67:21.
Psalm 68:21 Originally verse 67:22.
Psalm 68:22 Originally verse 67:23.
Psalm 68:23 Originally verse 67:24.
Psalm 68:24 Originally verse 67:25.
Psalm 68:25 Originally verse 67:26.
Psalm 68:26 Originally verse 67:27.
Psalm 68:27 Originally verse 67:28.
Psalm 68:28 Originally verse 67:29.
Psalm 68:29 Originally verse 67:30.
Psalm 68:30 Originally verse 67:31.
Psalm 68:31 Originally verse 67:32.
Psalm 68:32 Originally verse 67:33.
Psalm 68:33 Originally verse 67:34.
Psalm 68:34 Originally verse 67:35.
Psalm 68:35 Originally verse 67:36.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.