October 7, 2025, Psalm 68:1-35
October 7, 2025, Psalm 68:1-35
68 God
shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
and
those who hate him shall flee before him!
2 As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them
away;
as wax
melts before fire,
so the
wicked shall perish before God!
3 But the righteous shall be glad;
they
shall exult before God;
they
shall be jubilant with joy!
4 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!
5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God
in his holy habitation.
6 God settles the solitary in a home;
he leads
out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the
rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7 O God,
when you went out before your people,
when you
marched through the wilderness, Selah
8 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before
God, the One of Sinai,
before
God, the God of Israel.
9 Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you
restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your
goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
11 The Lord
gives the word;
the
women who announce the news are a great host:
12 “The kings of the
armies—they flee, they flee!”
The women at home divide the spoil—
13 though you men lie
among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its
pinions with shimmering gold.
14 When the Almighty scatters kings there,
let snow
fall on Zalmon.
15 O
mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O
many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 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?
17 The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands
upon thousands;
the Lord
is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 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.
19 Blessed
be the Lord,
who
daily bears us up;
God is
our salvation. Selah
20 Our God is a God of salvation,
and
to God, the Lord, belong
deliverances from death.
21 But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the
hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
22 The Lord said,
“I will
bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 that you may strike your feet in their blood,
that the
tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”
24 Your
procession is seen, O God,
the
procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 the singers in front, the musicians last,
between
them virgins playing tambourines:
26 “Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O you who are
of Israel's fountain!”
27 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.
28 Summon
your power, O God,
the
power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings
shall bear gifts to you.
30 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.
31 Nobles shall come from Egypt;
Cush
shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
32 O
kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing
praises to the Lord, Selah
33 to him who rides in the heavens, the
ancient heavens;
behold,
he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 Ascribe power to God,
whose
majesty is over Israel,
and
whose power is in the skies.
35 Awesome is God from his sanctuary;
the God
of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!
This
Psalm celebrates God’s power, his care for the vulnerable, his established
dwelling place as Zion, the reminder of his past victories and a call to praise
and worship him.
When
should we praise and celebrate God’s goodness?
What
example does God give us in regard to the vulnerable? How can we fulfill this
example?
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