[3] Let the peoples praise thee, O God;

Let all the peoples praise thee.

[4] Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth.

[5] Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.

[6] The earth hath yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless us.

[7] God will bless us;

And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

LXVIII

JEHOVAH THE GOD OF SINAI AND OF THE SANCTUARY
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, a Song

[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.

[Selah

[3] But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God:

Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

[4] Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:

Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts;

His name is Jehovah'; and exult ye before him.

[5] A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,

Is God in his holy habitation.

[6] God setteth3 the solitary in families:

He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity;

But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

[7] O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; [Selah

Or, give thanks unto.

Heb. lead.

1 Or, God ariseth; and so throughout ver. 1, 2, 3. 2 Heb. Jah. Heb. maketh the solitary to dwell in a house.

[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.

[9] Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,

Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

[10] Thy congregation' dwelt therein:

Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor. [11] The Lord giveth the word:

The women that publish the tidings are a great host. [12] Kings of armies flee, they flee;

And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

[13] When ye lie among the sheepfolds,

It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her pinions with yellow gold.

[14] When the Almighty scattered kings therein,
It was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.

[15] A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

[16] Why look ye askance, ye high mountains,

At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode?
Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.

[17] The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands:

The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary. [18] Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives;

Thou hast received gifts among men,

Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them.

[19] Blessed be the" Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation.

[20] God is unto us a God of deliverances;

[Selah

And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

• Or, troop.

Or, Will ye lie among the sheep folds, as the wings . . . gold?

Or, snowed.

7 Heb. mountain of summits.

8 Or, Sinai is in the sanctuary.

10 Or, dwell there.

11 Or, the Lord day by day: if one

Heb. Jah. See ver. 4.

oppresseth us, God is our salvation.

[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.

[22] The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan,

I will bring them again from the depths of the sea; [23] That thou mayest crush them, dipping thy foot in blood,

That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

[24] They have seen thy goings, O God,

Even the goings of my God, my King, into" the sanctuary.

[25] The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels. [26] Bless ye God in the congregations,

Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

[27] There is little Benjamin their ruler,

The princes of Judah and their council,"

The princes of Zebulun, 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

Kings shall bring presents unto thee.

[30] Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,

The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples,

Trampling under foot the pieces of silver:

He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

[31] Princes shall come out of Egypt;

Ethiopia" shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.

[32] Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth;

Oh sing praises unto the Lord;

[Selah

[33] To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which

are of old;

Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

12 Or, in the sanctuary. Or, in holiness. 18 Or, company.

14 Or, Be strong, O God, thou that hast &c.

15 Or, hast wrought for us out of thy temple. Unto Jerusalem &c.

18 Or, Every one submitting himself with pieces of silver.

27 Or, as otherwise read, Scatter thou. 18 Heb. Cush.

[54] Ascribe ye strength unto God: His excellency is over Israel,

And his strength is in the skies.

[35] O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people.

Blessed be God.

LXIX

A CRY OF DIstress, and IMPRECATION ON ADVERSARIES

For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim.

[1] SAVE me, O God;

A Psalm of David.

For the waters are come in unto my soul. [2] I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow

me.

[3] I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried:

Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

[4] They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:

They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully,' are mighty:

That which I took not away I have to restore.

[5] O God, thou knowest my foolishness;

And my sins are not hid from thee.

[6] Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts:

Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel:

[7] Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;

Shame hath covered my face.

[8] I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

[9] For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up;

And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

19 Or, Terrible is God.
1 That is, Lilies.

Heb. falsely. Heb. guiltinesses.

[10] When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

[11] When I made sackcloth my clothing,

I became a byword unto them.

[12] They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

[13] But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time:

O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness,
Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

[14] Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:
Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out
of the deep waters.

[15] Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,

Neither let the deep swallow me up;

And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

[16] Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good:

According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

[17] And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

[18] Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

[19] Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor:

Mine adversaries are all before thee.

[20] Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness:

And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
And for comforters, but I found none.

[21] They gave me also gall for my food;

And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

[22] Let their table before them become a snare;

And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

[23] Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.

[24] Pour out thine indignation upon them,

And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Or, sore sick.