Psalms 67

¹ Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself.

² May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face.

³ Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.

⁴ And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.

⁵ Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face,

⁶ the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place.

⁷ It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.

⁸ O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert,

⁹ the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel.

¹⁰ You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.

¹¹ Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.

¹² The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue.

¹³ The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils.

¹⁴ If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold.

¹⁵ When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon.

¹⁶ The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain.

¹⁷ So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.

¹⁸ The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.

¹⁹ You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God.

²⁰ Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.

²¹ Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.

²² So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.

²³ The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea,

²⁴ so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same.

²⁵ O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place.

²⁶ The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels.

²⁷ In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel.

²⁸ In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

²⁹ Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.

³⁰ Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you.

³¹ Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars.

³² Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.

³³ Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God.

³⁴ He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue.

³⁵ Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.

³⁶ God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God.