Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,(A)
    extol him who rides on the clouds[a](B);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.(C)
A father to the fatherless,(D) a defender of widows,(E)
    is God in his holy dwelling.(F)
God sets the lonely(G) in families,[b](H)
    he leads out the prisoners(I) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.(J)

When you, God, went out(K) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,[c](L)
the earth shook,(M) the heavens poured down rain,(N)
    before God, the One of Sinai,(O)
    before God, the God of Israel.(P)
You gave abundant showers,(Q) O God;
    you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,(R) God, you provided(S) for the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts
  2. Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland
  3. Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.

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