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Psalms 68:16-33 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

16. Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

18. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led thy captivity captive; thou hast received gifts among men, yea, among the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell with them.

19. Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation. Selah

20. God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto JEHOVAH the Lord belong the issues from death.

21. But God shall smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

22. The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea:

23. That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

24. They have seen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

25. The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

26. Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

27. There is little Benjamin their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

28. Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

29. Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring presents unto thee.

30. Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, trampling under foot the pieces of silver; he hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

31. Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.

32. Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah

33. To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old; lo, he uttereth his voice, and that a mighty voice.

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