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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.

44Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
²Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
³For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
⁴And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
⁵One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
⁶Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
⁷And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
⁸Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

⁷But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
⁹(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
¹⁰He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
¹¹And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
¹²For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
¹³Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
¹⁴That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
¹⁵But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
¹⁶From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.