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Psalm 68

¹Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
³But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
⁴Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
⁵A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
⁶God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
⁷O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
⁸The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
¹⁰Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
¹¹The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
¹²Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
¹³Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
¹⁵The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
¹⁶Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
²⁰He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
²¹But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
²²The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
²³That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
²⁴They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
²⁵The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
²⁶Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
²⁷There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
²⁸Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
²⁹Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
³⁰Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
³¹Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
³²Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
³³To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
³⁴Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
³⁵O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

¹⁰Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.
¹¹For the Lord recompenseth, and will give thee seven times as much.
¹²Do not think to corrupt with gifts; for such he will not receive: and trust not to unrighteous sacrifices; for the Lord is judge, and with him is no respect of persons.
¹³He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear the prayer of the oppressed.
¹⁴He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
¹⁵Do not the tears run down the widow’s cheeks? and is not her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
¹⁶He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour, and his prayer shall reach unto the clouds.
¹⁷The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds: and till it come nigh, he will not be comforted; and will not depart, till the most High shall behold to judge righteously, and execute judgment.
¹⁸For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, and repayed vengeance to the heathen; till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous;
¹⁹Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds, and to the works of men according to their devices; till he have judged the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his mercy.

³⁸And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
³⁹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
⁴⁰Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
⁴¹And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
⁴²And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
⁴³And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
⁴⁴For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.