Psalm 68

1. God shall arise, and by His might / Put all His enemies to flight; / In conquest shall He quell them. / Let those who hate Him, scattered, flee / Before His glorious majesty, / For God Himself shall fell them. / Just as the wind drives smoke away, / So God will scatter the array / Of those who evil cherish. / As wax that melts before the fire, / So vanquished by God’s dreadful ire, / Shall all the wicked perish. /

2. But let the just with joyful voice / In God’s victorious might rejoice; / Let them exult before Him! / O sing to God, His praise proclaim / And raise a Psalm unto His Name; / In joyful songs adore Him. / Lift up your voice and sing aloud / To Him who rides upon the clouds / High in the spacious heavens. / The LORD, that is His glorious Name. / Sing unto Him with loud acclaim; / To Him be glory given. /

3. The Father to the fatherless, / Defense of widows in distress, / Is in His habitation. / He in the goodness of His grace / Gives lonely ones a dwelling-place; / He grants them consolation. / He leads the captive out to see / The joys of newfound liberty, / For bounteous is God’s mercy. / But who against Him dare rebel / Most certainly with famine dwell: / Their land is dry and thirsty. W. W. J. VanOene, 1972