Psalms 64-68

Psalm 64

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

²Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity:

³Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

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

⁵They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

⁶They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: and the inward thought of every one, and the heart, is deep.

⁷But God shall shoot at them; with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

⁸So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: all that see them shall wag the head.

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

¹⁰The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 65

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

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

³Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

⁴Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, the holy place of thy temple.

⁵By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation; thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

⁶Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded about with might:

⁷Which stilleth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

⁸They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

⁹Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water: thou providest them corn, when thou hast so prepared the earth.

¹⁰Thou waterest her furrows abundantly; thou settlest the ridges thereof: 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 joy.

¹³The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

Psalm 66

¹For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:

²Sing forth the glory of his name: make his praise glorious.

³Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

⁴All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah

⁵Come, and see the works of God; he is terrible in his doing 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 might for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

⁸O bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

⁹Which holdeth 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 the net; thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

¹²Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

¹³I will come into thy house with burnt offerings, I will pay thee my vows,

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

¹⁵I will offer unto thee burnt offerings of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah

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

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

¹⁸If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear:

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

²⁰Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Psalm 67

¹For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm, a Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah

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

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

⁴O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah

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

⁶The earth hath yielded her increase: God, even our own God, shall bless us.

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

Psalm 68

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him.

²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

³But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

⁴Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; his name is JAH; and exult ye before him.

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

⁶God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out the prisoners 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: even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

¹⁰Thy congregation dwelt therein: thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.

¹¹The Lord giveth the word: the women that publish the tidings are a great host.

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

¹³Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold?

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings therein, it was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.

¹⁵A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; an high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

¹⁶Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led thy captivity captive; thou hast received gifts among men, yea, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell with them.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation. Selah

²⁰God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto JEHOVAH the Lord belong the issues from death.

²¹But God shall smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

²²The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea:

²³That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

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

²⁵The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

²⁶Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is little Benjamin their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, 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 kings shall bring presents unto thee.

³⁰Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, trampling under foot the pieces of silver; he hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

³¹Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.

³²Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah

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

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

³⁵O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.