God’s Majestic Power
1 For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.
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As smoke is blown away,
so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.(B)
3 so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.(B)
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God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,(c)
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.(F)
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,(c)
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.(F)
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You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from(j) people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.(k)(R)
You received gifts from(j) people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.(k)(R)
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Surely God crushes the heads of His enemies,
the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.(U)
22 the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.(U)
The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea(V)
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27 I will bring them back from the depths of the sea(V)
There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them,
the rulers of Judah in their assembly,(o)
the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.(AA)
the rulers of Judah in their assembly,(o)
the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.(AA)
Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 68:4: Or rides through the desert
b.
Psalm 68:4: Lit Yah
c.
Psalm 68:6: Or prisoners with joyous music; Hb uncertain
d.
Psalm 68:8: Lit God, this Sinai
e.
Psalm 68:13: Or If
f.
Psalm 68:13: Or campfires, or saddlebags; Hb obscure
g.
Psalm 68:14: Or Black Mountain
h.
Psalm 68:16: Mount Zion
i.
Psalm 68:17: Or in holiness
j.
Psalm 68:18: Lit among
k.
Psalm 68:18: Or even those rebelling against the Lord God’s living there, or even rebels are living with the Lord God; Hb obscure
l.
Psalm 68:23: LXX, Syr read dip
m.
Psalm 68:24: Or in holiness
n.
Psalm 68:25: Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read Officials
o.
Psalm 68:27: Hb obscure
p.
Psalm 68:30: Probably Egypt
q.
Psalm 68:30: Or peoples, trampling on those who take pleasure in silver, or peoples, trampling on the bars of silver, or peoples, who trample each other for bars of silver
r.
Psalm 68:31: Or They bring red cloth, or They bring bronze
s.
Psalm 68:31: Probably with tribute or in submission