Psa 9, Psa 68 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster : according to Muth-labben . A Psalm of David . I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart ; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your ^cwonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and ^dexult in you;
I will ^esing praise to your name, ^fO Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before ^{▼▼Or because of} your presence.
4 For you have ^hmaintained my just cause;
you have ⁱsat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
5 You have ^jrebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
you have ^kblotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
their cities you rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for justice,
8 and he ^ljudges the world with righteousness;
he ^mjudges the peoples with uprightness.
9 The Lord is ⁿa stronghold for ^othe oppressed,
a stronghold in ^ptimes of trouble.
10 And those who ^qknow your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who ^rsits enthroned in Zion!
Tell among the peoples his ^sdeeds!
12 For he who ^tavenges blood is mindful of them;
he ^udoes not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 ^vBe gracious to me, O Lord!
See my affliction from those who hate me,
O you who lift me up from ^wthe gates of death,
14 that I may recount all your praises,
that in the gates of ^xthe daughter of Zion
I may ^yrejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have sunk in ^zthe pit that they made;
in ^aathe net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself ^abknown; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} Selah
17 The wicked shall ^adreturn to Sheol,
all the nations that ^aeforget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and ^afthe hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 ^agArise, O Lord! Let not ^ahman prevail;
let the nations be judged before you!
20 Put them in fear, O Lord!
Let the nations know that they are but ^aimen! Selah

Psalms 68

God Shall Scatter His Enemies

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

1 ^ajGod shall arise, his enemies shall be ^akscattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!
2 As ^alsmoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
^amas wax melts before fire,
so the wicked shall perish before God!
3 But ^anthe righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!
4 Sing to God, ^aosing praises to his name;
^aplift up a song to him who ^aqrides through ^arthe deserts;
his name is ^asthe Lord;
exult before him!
5 ^atFather of the fatherless and ^auprotector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.
6 God ^avsettles the solitary in a home;
he ^awleads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but ^axthe rebellious dwell in ^aya parched land.
7 O God, when you ^azwent out before your people,
^bawhen you marched through ^bbthe wilderness, Selah
8 ^bcthe earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
9 ^bdRain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 your flock ^{▼▼Or your congregation} found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you ^bfprovided for the needy.
11 The Lord gives ^bgthe word;
^bhthe women who announce the news are a great host:
12 ^bi“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”
The women at home ^bjdivide the spoil—
13 though you men lie among ^bkthe 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 ^blZalmon.
15 O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked ^{▼▼Or hunch-backed; also verse 16} mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God ^bndesired for his abode,
yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
17 ^boThe chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 ^bpYou ascended on high,
^bqleading a host of captives in your train
and ^brreceiving gifts among men,
even among ^bsthe rebellious, ^btthat the Lord God may dwell there.
19 Blessed be the Lord,
who daily ^bubears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah
20 Our God is a God of salvation,
^bvand to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
21 ^bwBut 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 ^bxfrom Bashan,
^byI will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 that you may ^bzstrike your feet in their blood,
that ^cathe tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”
24 Your procession is ^{▼▼Or has been} seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 ^ccthe singers in front, ^cdthe musicians last,
between them ^cevirgins playing tambourines:
26 ^cf“Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural here} who are of ^chIsrael’s fountain!”
27 There is ^ciBenjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of ^cjZebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28 ^ckSummon your power, O God, ^{▼▼By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Your God has summoned your power}
the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings shall ^cmbear gifts to you.
30 Rebuke ^cnthe beasts that dwell among the reeds,
the herd of ^cobulls with the calves of the peoples.
^cpTrample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain}
31 Nobles shall come from ^crEgypt;
^csCush shall hasten to ^ctstretch out her hands to God.
32 ^cuO kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 to him ^cvwho rides in ^cwthe heavens, the ancient heavens;
behold, he ^cxsends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 ^cyAscribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose ^czpower is in ^dathe skies.
35 ^dbAwesome is God from his ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew your} ^ddsanctuary;
the God of Israel—he is the one who gives ^depower and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!

Psalms 9

I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds

▼▼Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.

Psalms 68

God Shall Scatter His Enemies

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

^{▼▼Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm} To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of David.