PSALM 68. _Exsurgat Deus_.
Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: let them also
that hate him flee before him.
2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away: and
like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the
presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God: let them
also be merry and joyful.
4 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name: magnify him
that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise
him in his Name JAH, and rejoice before him.
5 He is a father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the
widows: even God in his holy habitation.
6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and
bringeth the prisoners out of captivity: but letteth the runagates
continue in scarceness.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the people: when thou
wentest through the wilderness;
8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God:
even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God
of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance: and
refreshedst it when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein: for thou, O God, hast of
thy goodness prepared for the poor.