God Shall Scatter His Enemies
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
1 Num. 10:35;Isa. 33:3God shall arise, his enemies shall be [Ps. 89:10;92:9]scattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!
2 As See Ps. 37:20smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
Ps. 22:14;97:5;Mic. 1:4as wax melts before fire,
so the wicked shall perish before God!
3 But See Ps. 32:11the righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!
4 Sing to God, Ps. 66:4sing praises to his name;
[Isa. 62:10] lift up a song to him who ver. 33;[Ps. 18:10] rides through Isa. 40:3the deserts;
his name is Ps. 89:8the Lord;
exult before him!
5 See Ps. 10:14Father of the fatherless and Deut. 10:18protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.
6 God Ps. 113:9;1 Sam. 2:5settles the solitary in a home;
he Ps. 69:33;107:10,14;146:7;Acts 12:7;16:26leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but ver. 18the rebellious dwell in [Ps. 107:33,40]a parched land.
7 O God, when you Ex. 13:21;Judg. 4:14;Hab. 3:13;Zech. 14:3went out before your people,
Judg. 5:4when you marched through Ps. 78:40the wilderness, Selah
8 Ex. 19:18;Judg. 5:4the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God,68:8 Or before God, even Sinai before God the God of Israel.
9 See Ps. 65:9,10Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 your flock68:10 Or your congregation found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you Ps. 65:9;78:20provided for the needy.
11 The Lord gives [Ps. 33:9] the word;
[Ex. 15:20;1 Sam. 18:6]the women who announce the news are a great host:
12 Ps. 110:5;[Num. 31:8;Josh. 10:16;Judg. 5:19]; See Josh. 12:7-24"The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!"
The women at home Judg. 5:30divide the spoil—
13 though you men lie among [Gen. 49:14;Judg. 5:16]the 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 Judg. 9:48Zalmon.
15 O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked68:15 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 Ps. 132:13,14;[Ps. 78:54;87:1,2;Deut. 12:5]desired for his abode,
yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
17 2 Kgs. 6:17;Hab. 3:8The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 Ps. 7:7;47:5;Cited Eph. 4:8;[Acts 1:9] You ascended on high,
Judg. 5:12leading a host of captives in your train
and [Acts 2:4,33] receiving gifts among men,
even among [Rom. 5:8;1 Tim. 1:13] the rebellious, Ps. 78:60;Ex. 29:45;Rev. 21:3;[John 14:23]that the Lord God may dwell there.
19 Blessed be the Lord,
who daily [Isa. 46:4]bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah
20 Our God is a God of salvation,
Deut. 32:39;Eccles. 7:18;Rev. 1:18and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
21 Ps. 110:6;Hab. 3:13But 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 Num. 21:33from Bashan,
See Amos 9:2-4I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 that you may Ps. 58:10strike your feet in their blood,
that [1 Kgs. 21:19;22:38]the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe."
24 Your procession is68:24 Or has been seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 Ps. 47:5;1 Chr. 13:8;15:16the singers in front, See Ps. 33:3the musicians last,
between them Ex. 15:20;Judg. 11:34virgins playing tambourines:
26 Ps. 22:25;26:12"Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O you68:26 The Hebrew for you is plural here who are of Deut. 33:28;Isa. 48:1;[Isa. 51:1]Israel’s fountain!"
27 There is [1 Sam. 9:21] Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of [Judg. 5:18]Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28 See Ps. 42:8Summon your power, O God,68:28 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 Ps. 45:12;76:11;1 Kgs. 10:10,25;2 Chr. 32:23;Isa. 18:7bear gifts to you.
30 Rebuke Job 40:21;Isa. 19:6;Ezek. 29:3,4;[Ezek. 32:2] the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
the herd of Ps. 22:12bulls with the calves of the peoples.
[2 Sam. 8:2,6]Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.68:30 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
31 Nobles shall come from Isa. 19:19,21Egypt;
Ps. 87:4;Isa. 45:14;Zeph. 3:10Cush shall hasten to Ps. 44:20stretch out her hands to God.
32 Ps. 102:22O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 to him Ps. 18:10;104:3;Deut. 33:26who rides in Deut. 10:14;1 Kgs. 8:27the heavens, the ancient heavens;
behold, he Ps. 29:4;See Ps. 46:6sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 Ps. 29:1Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose Ps. 150:1power is in Ps. 36:5;57:10;108:4the skies.
35 [Ps. 65:5]; See Ps. 47:2Awesome is God from his68:35 Septuagint; Hebrew your[Ps. 110:2] sanctuary;
the God of Israel—he is the one who gives Isa. 40:29;See Ps. 29:11power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!