Darby Bible Translation

English Standard Version

Let God's Enemies Be Scattered!

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.

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God Shall Scatter His Enemies

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!

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As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.

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As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
as wax melts before fire,
so the wicked shall perish before God!

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But the righteous shall rejoice: they shall exult before God and be glad with joy.

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But the righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!

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Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him.

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Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;
his name is the Lord;
exult before him!

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A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.

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God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched [land].

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God settles the solitary in a home;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

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O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness -- (Selah) --

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O God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

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The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

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the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God,a the God of Israel.

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Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.

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Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;

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Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!

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your flockb found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

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The Lord gives the word: great the host of the publishers.

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The Lord gives the word;
the women who announce the news are a great host:

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Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

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“The kings of the armies — they flee, they flee!”
The women at home divide the spoil —

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Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, [ye shall be as] wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.

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though you men lie among the sheepfolds —
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with shimmering gold.

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When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.

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When the Almighty scatters kings there,
let snow fall on Zalmon.

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[As] mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, [as] mount Bashan.

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O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peakedc mountain, mountain of Bashan!

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Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell [there] for ever.

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Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

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The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.

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The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

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Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even [for] the rebellious, for the dwelling [there] of Jah Elohim.

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You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train
and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.

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Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us [with good], the God who is our salvation. Selah.

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Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah

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Our God is the God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth [even] from death.

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Our God is a God of salvation,
and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

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Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.

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But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

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The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depth of the sea;

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The Lord said,
“I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

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That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.

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that you may strike your feet in their blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”

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They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

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Your procession isd seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary —

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The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.

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the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them virgins playing tambourines:

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In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord, -- [ye] from the fountain of Israel.

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“Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O youe who are of Israel’s fountain!”

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There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

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Summon your power, O God,f
the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

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Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

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Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings shall bear gifts to you.

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Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: [every one] submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.

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Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.g

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Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God.

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Nobles shall come from Egypt;
Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

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Ye kingdoms of the earth, sing unto God; sing psalms of the Lord, (Selah,)

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O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah

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Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

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to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.

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Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

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Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose power is in the skies.

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Terrible art thou, O God, out of thy sanctuaries, -- the God of Israel! He it is that giveth strength and might unto the people. Blessed be God!

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Awesome is God from hish sanctuary;
the God of Israel — he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!

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Psalms 68

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