{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 68<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"1\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">1<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself. May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,2,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,3,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,4,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,5,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,6,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,7,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,8,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,9,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,10,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,11,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,12,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,13,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,14,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,15,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,16,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,17,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,18,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,19,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,20,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,21,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,22,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,23,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,24,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,25,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"26\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,26,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">26<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"27\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,27,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">27<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"28\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,28,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">28<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"29\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,29,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">29<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"30\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,30,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">30<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"31\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,31,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">31<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"32\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,32,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">32<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"33\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,33,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">33<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"34\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,34,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">34<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"35\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,68,35,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">35<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. 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