Today’s Golden Nugget For
Kislev 8
Messianic
Tehillim/Psalms
tehillim/Psalm 68
Psalm 68
The God of Sinai and of the
Sanctuary.
For
the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
1 Let God arise, let His enemies be
scattered,
And let those who hate Him flee before Him.
2 As
smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the
wicked perish before God.
3 But
let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God;
Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
4 Sing
to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the
deserts,
Whose name is the Lord,
and exult before Him.
5 A father of the fatherless and a
judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6 God
makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7 O God, when You went forth before
Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.
8 The
earth quaked;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence
of God;
Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God,
the God of Israel.
9 You
shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.
10 Your
creatures settled in it;
You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.
11 The Lord gives the command;
The women who proclaim the good tidings are a
great host:
12 “Kings
of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!”
13 When
you lie down among the sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.
14 When
the Almighty scattered the kings there,
It was snowing in Zalmon.
15 A mountain of God is the mountain
of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of
Bashan.
16 Why
do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?
Surely the Lord
will dwell there forever.
17 The
chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;
The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in
holiness.
18 You
have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily
bears our burden,
The God who is our salvation. Selah.
20 God
is to us a God of deliverances;
And to God
the Lord belong escapes from death.
21 Surely
God will shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty
deeds.
22 The
Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the
sea;
23 That
your foot may shatter them in blood,
The tongue of your dogs may have its portion
from your enemies.”
24 They have seen Your procession, O
God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the
sanctuary.
25 The
singers went on, the musicians after them,
In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.
26 Bless
God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the fountain
of Israel.
27 There
is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them,
The princes of Judah in their throng,
The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28 Your God has commanded your
strength;
Show Yourself strong, O God, who have acted on our
behalf.
29 Because
of Your temple at Jerusalem
Kings will bring gifts to You.
30 Rebuke
the beasts in the reeds,
The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.
31 Envoys
will come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
32 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth,
Sing praises to the Lord, Selah.
33 To
Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a mighty
voice.
34 Ascribe
strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And His strength is in the skies.
35 O
God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to
the people.
Blessed be God!
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