Psalms 68

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed: of David.	1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
2 Save me, O God, for the waters have entered, even to my soul.	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 I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, and there is no firm footing. I have arrived at the height of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed me.	3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.	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 Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take.	5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6 O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you.	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 Let those who wait for you, O Lord, the Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me. Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, not be confounded over me.	7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
8 For because of you, I have endured reproach; confusion has covered my face.	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 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.	9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.	10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 And I covered my soul with fasting, and it has become a reproach to me.	11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
12 And I put on a haircloth as my garment, and I became a parable to them.	12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Those who sat at the gate spoke against me, and those who drank wine made me their song.	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 But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. This time has pleased you well, O God. In the multitude of your mercy, in the truth of your salvation, hear me.	14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
15 Rescue me from the quagmire, so that I may not become trapped. Free me from those who hate me and from deep waters.	15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me.	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 Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.	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 And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.	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 Attend to my soul, and free it. Rescue me, because of my enemies.	19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 You know my reproach, and my confusion, and my reverence.	20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
21 All those who trouble me are in your sight; my heart has anticipated reproach and misery. And I sought for one who might grieve together with me, but there was no one, and for one who might console me, and I found no one.	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 And they gave me gall for my food. And in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.	22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
23 Let their table be a snare before them, and a retribution, and a scandal.	23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and may their back always be crooked.	24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 Pour out your indignation upon them, and may the fury of your anger take hold of them.	25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 May their dwelling place be deserted, and may there be no one who dwells in their tabernacles.	26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 For they persecuted whomever you struck. And they have added to the grief of my wounds.	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 Assign an iniquity upon their iniquity, and may they not enter into your justice.	28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Delete them from the Book of the Living, and let them not be written down with the just.	29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30 I am poor and sorrowful, but your salvation, O God, has taken me up.	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 I will praise the name of God with a canticle, and I will magnify him with praise.	31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 And it will please God more than a new calf producing horns and hoofs.	32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
33 Let the poor see and rejoice. Seek God, and your soul will live.	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 For the Lord has heard the poor, and he has not despised his prisoners.	34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35 Let the heavens and the earth praise him: the sea, and everything that crawls in it.	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.
36 For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judah will be built up. And they will dwell there, and they will acquire it by inheritance.
37 And the offspring of his servants will possess it; and those who love his name will dwell in it.