TEHILLIM 68

To the chief singer. A psalm, a song of Dawiḏ.

1 Elohim arises, His enemies are scattered.
And those who hate Him flee before Him!

2 As smoke is driven away,
You drive away;
As wax melts before the fire,
The wicked perish before Elohim.

3 But the righteous are glad,
They exult before Elohim.
And they rejoice with gladness.

4 Sing to Elohim, sing praises to His Name.
Raise up a highway for Him
Who rides through the deserts,
By His Name Yah,
And exult before Him.

5 Father of the fatherless,
And Right-Ruler of widows,
Is Elohim in His qodesh dwelling.

6 Elohim makes a home for the lonely;
He brings out into prosperity
Those who are bound with chains;
Only the rebellious shall dwell in a dry land.

7 O Elohim, when You went out before Your people,
When You stepped through the wilderness, Selah.

8 The earth shook and the shamayim dropped before Elohim,
This Sinai, shook before Elohim, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.

9 You, O Elohim, sent a shower of plenty,
You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.

10 Your flock dwelt in it;
You provided from Your goodness for the poor, O Elohim.

11 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 gave the Word;
The women who proclaimed it was a great company:

12 “Sovereigns of armies flee in haste!
And she who remains at home divides the spoil.”

13 If you lie down among the sheepfolds,
The wings of a dove are covered with silver,
And her feathers with yellow gold.

14 When Ĕl Shaddai scattered sovereigns in it,
It snowed in Tsalmon.

15 A mountain of Elohim is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

16 O mountain of peaks, why do you gaze in envy
At the mountain which Elohim desired to dwell in?
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 even dwells forever.

17 The chariots of Elohim are twenty thousand,
Thousands of thousands;
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 came from Sinai
Into the qodesh place.

18 You have ascended on high,
You have led captivity captive,
You have received gifts among men,
And even the rebellious,
That Yah Elohim might dwell.

19 Baruḵ be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
Day by day He bears our burden,
The Ĕl of our deliverance! Selah.

20 Our Ĕl is the Ĕl of deliverance;
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, to the Aḏon, belong escapes from death.

21 Indeed, Elohim smites the head of His enemies,
The hairy scalp of him who walks about in His guilt.

22 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said, “I bring back from Bashan,
I bring back from the depths of the sea,

23 “So that you plunge your foot in blood;
That the tongues of your dogs
Have their portion from the enemies.”

24 They have seen Your goings, O Elohim,
The goings of my Ĕl, my Sovereign,
Into the qodesh place.

25 The singers went in front,
The players on instruments after them;
Among them were the maidens playing tambourines.

26 Baraḵ Elohim in the assemblies, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
from the fountain of Yisra’ĕl.

27 There is Binyamin, the smallest, their ruler,
The leaders of Yahuḏah, their company,
The leader of Zeḇulun, the leader of Naphtali.

28 Your Elohim has commanded your strength, be strong!
O Elohim, this You have worked out for us!

29 Because of Your Hĕyḵal at Yerushalayim,
Sovereigns bring presents to You.

30 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds,
The herd of bulls, with the calves of the peoples,
Each one humbling himself with pieces of silver.
Scatter the peoples who delight in conflicts!

31 Ambassadors come out of Mitsrayim;
Kush stretches out her hands to Elohim.

32 Sing to Elohim, you reigns of the earth,
Praises to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, Selah.

33 To Him who rides on the ancient highest shamayim!
See, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.

34 Ascribe strength to Elohim;
His excellence is over Yisra’ĕl,
And His strength is in the clouds.

35 O Elohim, awesome from Your Miqdashim,
The Ĕl of Yisra’ĕl is He
Who gives strength and power to His people.
Baruḵ be Elohim!