13 In your unfailing love you will lead(A)
    the people you have redeemed.(B)
In your strength you will guide them
    to your holy dwelling.(C)
14 The nations will hear and tremble;(D)
    anguish(E) will grip the people of Philistia.(F)
15 The chiefs(G) of Edom(H) will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,(I)
the people[a] of Canaan will melt(J) away;
16     terror(K) and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone(L)
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought[b](M) pass by.(N)
17 You will bring(O) them in and plant(P) them
    on the mountain(Q) of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,(R)
    the sanctuary,(S) Lord, your hands established.

18 “The Lord reigns
    for ever and ever.”(T)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:15 Or rulers
  2. Exodus 15:16 Or created

Lift up your heads, you gates;(A)
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King(B) of glory(C) may come in.(D)
Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord strong and mighty,(E)
    the Lord mighty in battle.(F)
Lift up your heads, you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is he, this King of glory?
    The Lord Almighty(G)
    he is the King of glory.

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17 The chariots(A) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;(B)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[a]
18 When you ascended(C) on high,(D)
    you took many captives;(E)
    you received gifts from people,(F)
even from[b] the rebellious(G)
    that you,[c] Lord God, might dwell there.

19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,(H)
    who daily bears our burdens.(I)
20 Our God is a God who saves;(J)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.(K)
21 Surely God will crush the heads(L) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22 The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
    I will bring them from the depths of the sea,(M)
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,(N)
    while the tongues of your dogs(O) have their share.”

24 Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness
  2. Psalm 68:18 Or gifts for people, / even
  3. Psalm 68:18 Or they

“Let us go to his dwelling place,(A)
    let us worship at his footstool,(B) saying,
‘Arise, Lord,(C) and come to your resting place,
    you and the ark of your might.
May your priests be clothed with your righteousness;(D)
    may your faithful people(E) sing for joy.’”

10 For the sake of your servant David,
    do not reject your anointed one.

11 The Lord swore an oath to David,(F)
    a sure oath he will not revoke:
“One of your own descendants(G)
    I will place on your throne.
12 If your sons keep my covenant(H)
    and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
    on your throne(I) for ever and ever.”

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion,(J)
    he has desired it for his dwelling,(K) saying,
14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever;(L)
    here I will sit enthroned,(M) for I have desired it.

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