Psalm
68 Tuesday Readings 3
When God arises, * his
enemies scatter, * and his opponents flee before him.
Like drifting smoke they are
driven, * like melting wax before the fire;
at the sight of God * the
wicked disappear.
But the just will rejoice; * they will exult at the sight of God;
* they will jubilate with joyful song.
Sing, gods; chant, his heavens; * pave the highway for the Rider
of the Clouds!
Delight in Yahweh, * and exult before him!
Father of orphans, * and
defender of widows * is God from his holy habitation.
God, who established a home
for the solitary, * led forth the prisoners to music.
But the stubborn * were
entombed in the Wild.
God, when you went out * before your people, * when you marched
across the desert,
the earth quaked * and the heavens dropped rain.
at the sight of God, * the Master of Sinai,
at the sight of God, * the God of Israel.
Your generous rain, God, pour down; * your patrimony and
dominion yourself restore!
Provide for your family that dwells in it; * with your
rain sustain its inhabitants, God.
May the Lord send forth the word, * rejoicing the
armies of stars.
May the kings of their armies bow down with rain,
* and the the country's pasture land share the boon;
let them empty * between the sheepfolds.
The wings of the dove are plated with silver, * and its
feathers with yellow gold.
When Shaddai covered the king stars, * then snow fell on
Zalmon.
O soaring mountain, Mount Bashan, * O many-peaked mountain,
Mount Bashan!
why do you look with envy, * O many-peaked mountain,
at the mountain God desired for his abode, * where Yahweh
will dwell forever.
God's chariots were twice ten thousand, * thousands the archers
of the Lord, * who created Sinai as his sanctuary.
You ascended the heights; * you took captives;
You received gifts from their hands. * But Yahweh God entombed
the stubborn.
Blessed be the Lord day by day; * El himself, our Savior,
unburdened us.
El himself is for us the God of salvation, * since to the Lord
Yahweh we owe our escape from death.
Yes, God struck the heads of his enemies, * split their skulls, *
as he marched forth from his heavens.
The Lord said: “I stifled the Serpent, * muzzled the Deep
Sea.”
So your foot crushed their limbs; * your dogs’ tongues
feasted on your foes.
See the parade of God, * the parade of my God, * of my
King from his sanctuary.
The singers in front, * the musicians last; * in the
middle, girls beating drums.
Bless God in the assembly, * Yahweh in the convocation
of Israel.
Look, little Benjamin leads them: * the princes of Judah
in double file,
the princes of Zebulun, * the princes of Naphtali.
Send, my God, your strength; * strengthen, God, what you have
built for us.
Your temple, Most High, is Jerusalem; * kings will bring
gifts to you.
Rebuke the beast of the Reed Swamp, * the herd of wild bulls with
its calves,
who trampled on peoples in its lust for silver, * who, delighting
in battle, scattered peoples.
Let Egyptian merchants bring
blue cloth, * Cush speed its wares to God.
Sing, kings of the earth; *
gods, sing praises to the Lord!
See the Rider of his heavens, * the heavens of old.
Listen, he makes with his voice, * a mighty sound!
Give praise to God, * the
Most High of Israel,
whose majesty and might * are
too great for heaven. * Too awesome is God for his sanctuary!
Truly he is the God of
Israel, * who gives victory and power. * O people, bless God!
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