Psalm 68 - Book of Praise for the Guitar

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Psalm 68----- "Book of Praise" Anglo Genevan Psalter -------for Guitar


 

1.) 

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God shall arise, and by His might

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Put all His en-emies to flight;

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In conquest shall He quell them.

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Let those who hate Him, scattered, flee

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Before His glorious majesty,

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For God Himself shall fell them.

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Just as the wind drives smoke away,

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So God will scatter the array

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Of those who evil cherish.

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As wax that melts before the fire,

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So, vanquished by God's dreadful ire,

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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,

Defence 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 new-found liberty,

For bounteous is God's mercy.

But who against Him dare rebel

Most certainly with famine dwell:

Their land is dry and thirsty.

 

 
4.) 

When through the desert's solitude

Thou to Thy people's multitude

Didst show a path to travel,

The rain poured down, the earth did quake,

Yes, even Sinai's base did shake

Before the God of Israel.

Rain in abundance Thou, O God,

Upon Thy host didst shed abroad,

Thy heritage reviving.

Thy flock has found a dwelling there:

Thou to Thy poor didst show Thy care,

For all their needs providing.

 

5.) 

When God but speaks His mighty word,

Great is the host whose shouts are heard:

"The kings have fled like cattle!"

The women who at home abide,

Yes, even they the spoil divide,

Gained by their men in battle.

See here the wealth which they did bring:

Now silver decks a pigeon's wings

And glistening gold its feathers.

Before the LORD the kings all fled

As snow is on Mount Zalmon spread

By blasts of stormy weather.

 

 
6.) 

O mount of Bashan, massive height,

Far higher than all peaks in sight,

So great and elevated!

O you, whose tops are seen from far,

Whose peaks so high and numerous are,

So glorious and elated!

Why do you still with envy look

At Zion's mount, which God once took

And made His throne's location?

God has desired this mountain fair

For His abode, and always there

Will have His habitation.

 
7.) 

With mighty chariotry untold,

His host ten thousand thousandfold,

The LORD came to His nation.

>From Sinai's mount He made His way

To Zion, which He made for aye

His Holy habitation.

Thou didst, O LORD, ascend again,

With many captives in Thy train

And gifts from men obtaining,

>From even those who did rebel,

That here the LORD our God may dwell,

Here evermore remaining.

 


8.) 

Blest be the LORD, who on our way

Provides for us, and day by day

Upholds us by His power.

God of Salvation is His Name;

This glorious Name shall we proclaim.

He is our shield and tower.

Our God, the LORD, is strong to save

From mortal danger, from the grave

And every cruel oppression.

But God will crush the head of foes,

The hairy crown of him who goes

In ways of foul transgression.


9.) 

The LORD has said, "From where they are,

Yes, even though it be from far,

From Bashan I will guide them

And bring them back by My own hand,

Returning them from distant lands,

Though ocean depths should hide them,

That you may bathe your feet in blood

Of those who bear the wrath of God

For all their sinful actions;

In blood of foes, whom none can save,

Your dogs their eager tongues will lave

Unto their satisfaction.


10.) 

Thy solemn throngs are gathered here;

To God, my King, do they draw near.

They come with sounding cymbals:

The singers first, the minstrels last;

And in among them, filing past,

The maidens play their timbrels.

In this great congregation's throng

Bless all the LORD in joyful song,

O Jacob's generation!

See, Benjamin, though least, leads on

The chiefs of Judah and Zebulun

And Naphtali's whole nation.


11.) 

To Thee Thy strength has glory brought.

Show now Thy might, Thou who hast wrought

For us so great a treasure!

Because of Thy great temple here

Kings in Jerusalem appear

With bounties in great measure.

Rebuke the beasts among the reeds,

Both bulls and calves, those filled with greed,

All that in wars take pleasure.

Let bronze be brought from Egypt's land;

To God let Ethiopia's hand

Stretch out to give its treasure.


12.) 

Praise God and magnify His worth,

O kings and kingdoms of the earth!

Unto the LORD sing praises,

To Him who in the heavens rides,

Who in the ancient skies resides,

>From whence His voice He raises.

Ascribe then strength to God alone,

Whose glory is in Israel known,

Whose might is in the heavens.

He from His temple terror sows,

But on His people strength bestows.

To God let praise be given.