Psalms 64-68

Psalm 64

¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:

²Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

³Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

⁴That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

⁵They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

⁶They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep.

⁷But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

⁸By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

⁹And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.

¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 65

¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David: a Song. Praise waiteth for thee in silence, O God, in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

²O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

³Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

⁴Blessed is he whom thou choosest and causest to approach: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, of thy holy temple.

⁵By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. ...

⁶Who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with power;

⁷Who stilleth the raging of the seas, the raging of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

⁸And they that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

⁹Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:

¹⁰Thou dost satiate its furrows, thou smoothest its clods, thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof.

¹¹Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness:

¹²They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness.

¹³The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.

Psalm 66

¹To the chief Musician. A Song: a Psalm. Shout aloud unto God, all the earth:

²Sing forth the glory of his name, make his praise glorious;

³Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.

⁴All the earth shall worship thee, and sing psalms unto thee: they shall sing forth thy name. Selah.

⁵Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doings toward the children of men.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

⁷He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

⁸Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

⁹Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

¹⁰For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

¹¹Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

¹²Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.

¹³I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee,

¹⁴Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵I will offer up unto thee burnt-offerings of fatted beasts, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

¹⁶Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷I called unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.

¹⁹But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me!

Psalm 67

¹To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song. God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

²That thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.

³Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee.

⁴Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.

⁵Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee.

⁶The earth will yield her increase; God, our God, will bless us:

⁷God will bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Psalm 68

¹To 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.

²As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.

³But the righteous shall rejoice: they shall exult before God and be glad with joy.

⁴Sing 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.

⁵A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

⁶God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness -- (Selah) --

⁸The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.

¹⁰Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!

¹¹The Lord gives the word: great the host of the publishers.

¹²Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

¹³Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, ye shall be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.

¹⁵As mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, as mount Bashan.

¹⁶Why 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.

¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.

¹⁸Thou 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.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the God who is our salvation. Selah.

²⁰Our God is the God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth even from death.

²¹Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.

²²The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depth of the sea;

²³That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.

²⁴They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

²⁵The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.

²⁶In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord, -- ye from the fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

²⁹Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

³⁰Rebuke 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.

³¹Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God.

³²Ye kingdoms of the earth, sing unto God; sing psalms of the Lord, (Selah,)

³³Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

³⁴Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

³⁵Terrible 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!