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As smoke is blown away in the wind,
    so will they be blown away.
As wax melts away before a flame,
    so will the wicked perish before God.
But those who are righteous will rejoice;
    they will exult before God,
    crying out with great delight.
[a]Sing to God, sing praise to his name;[b]
    exalt him who rides upon the clouds.
Rejoice in the presence of this God
    whose name is the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:5 This second part calls for God to be praised as savior.
  2. Psalm 68:5 Name: see notes on Pss 5:12; 8:1. Who rides upon the clouds: the psalmist applies to Yahweh the image of the Canaanite storm-god Baal riding to battle on storm clouds; he thus stresses that Yahweh rather than Baal is the exalted God who makes the storm clouds his chariot (see v. 34; Pss 18:10f; 104:3; Deut 33:26; Isa 19:1; Hab 3:8; Mt 26:64).

But may the righteous be glad
    and rejoice(A) before God;
    may they be happy and joyful.

Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,(B)
    extol him who rides on the clouds[a](C);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.(D)
A father to the fatherless,(E) a defender of widows,(F)
    is God in his holy dwelling.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts