Chapter 66
This psalm describes the praises and awe-inspiring prayers that we will offer God upon the ingathering of the exiles.
1For the Conductor, a song, a psalm. Raise your voices in jubilation to God, all the earth!
2Sing the glory of His Name; make glorious His praise.
3Say to God, "How awesome are Your deeds!" Because of Your great strength, Your enemies will [admit] their treachery to You.
4All the earth will bow to You, and sing to You; they will sing praise to Your Name forever!
5Go and see the works of God, awesome in His deeds toward mankind.
6He turned the sea into dry land, and they passed through the river on foot; we rejoiced in Him there.
7He rules the world with His might, and His eyes watch the nations; let the rebellious not exalt themselves, Selah.
8Bless our God, O nations, and let the voice of His praise be heard.
9He has kept us alive, and did not allow our feet to falter.
10For You tested us, O God; You refined us as one refining silver.
11You brought us into prison; You placed a chain upon our loins.
12You mounted men over our head; we went through fire and water, and You brought us out to abundance.
13I will enter Your House with burnt-offerings, I will pay to You my vows,
14which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke in my distress.
15I will offer up to You burnt-offerings of fat animals, with the smoke of rams; I will prepare cattle with he-goats, Selah.
16Come listen, all you who fear God, and I will relate what He has done for my soul.
17I called to Him with my mouth, with exaltation beneath my tongue.
18Had I seen iniquity in my heart, my Lord would not have listened.
19But in truth, God heard; He gave ear to the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed is God Who has not turned away my prayer or His kindness from me.
Chapter 67
This psalm is known as an especially revered prayer. It, too, speaks of the era of the ingathering of the exiles, and the wars of Gog and Magog, a time when "the Lord will be One."
1For the Conductor, a song with instrumental music, a psalm.
2May God be gracious to us and bless us; may He make His countenance shine upon us forever,
3that Your way be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
4The nations will extol You, O God; all the nations will extol You.
5The nations will rejoice and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples justly and guide the nations on earth forever.
6The peoples will extol You, O God; all the peoples will extol You,
7for the earth will have yielded its produce, and God, our God, will bless us.
8God will bless us; and all, from the farthest corners of the earth, shall fear Him.
Chapter 68
An awe-inspiring and wondrous prayer, David composed this psalm referring to a future event, when Sennacherib would surround Jerusalem on Passover, during the reign of Hezekiah. He also prophesies about the good we will enjoy during the Messianic era.
1For the Conductor; by David, a psalm, a song.
2Let God rise, let His enemies be scattered, and let His enemies flee before Him.
3As smoke is driven away, drive them away; as wax melts before fire, let the wicked perish before God.
4And the righteous will rejoice, they will exult before God and delight with joy.
5Sing to God, chant praises to His Name; extol Him Who rides upon the heavens with His Name, Yah, and exult before Him.
6A father of orphans and judge of widows is God, in the abode of His holiness.
7God settles the solitary into a home, and frees those bound in shackles; but the rebellious [are left to] dwell in an arid land.
8O God, when You went out before Your nation, when You marched through the wilderness, Selah,
9the earth trembled, even the heavens dripped before the presence of God; this mountain of Sinai [trembled] before the presence of God, the God of Israel.
10You poured generous rain, O God; when Your heritage was weary, You secured it.
11Your flock settled there; in Your goodness, O God, You prepare for the poor.
12My Lord will fulfill the word of the heralds to a great legion:
13Kings of armies will flee, they will flee; and she who inhabits the home will divide the loot.
14Even if you lie upon the hearth, [you will be like] wings of a dove covered with silver, her pinions with brilliant gold.
15When the Almighty scatters kings in her midst, those in the shadow of darkness will be made snow-white.
16The mountain of God is a fertile mountain, the mountain of majestic peaks is a fertile mountain.
17Why do you prance, O mountains of peaks? This is the mountain God has desired as His dwelling; the Lord will even dwell there forever.
18The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, [with] thousands of angels; my Lord is in their midst, at Sinai, in holiness.
19You ascended on high and took a captive, you seized gifts for man; and [now] even rebels dwell with Yah, God.
20Blessed is my Lord, Who each day loads us [with beneficence], the God Who is our deliverance forever.
21The Lord is a God of deliverances for us; and to God, my Lord, are the many avenues of death.
22God alone crushes the heads of His enemies, the hairy skull of him who goes about in his guilt.
23My Lord said, "I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring back from the depths of the sea,
24that your foot may wade through [the enemy's] blood; that the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”
25They saw Your ways, O God, the ways of my God, my King, in holiness.
26The singers began, then the musicians, in the midst of the maidens playing timbrels.
27In assemblies bless God; [bless] my Lord, O you who stem from Israel.
28There Benjamin, the youngest, rules them; the princes of Judah stone them, [as do] the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
29Your God has decreed your strength. Show Your strength, O God, Who has wrought this for our sake.
30Because of [the glory of] Your Sanctuary upon Jerusalem, kings will bring You tribute.
31Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the assembly of mighty bulls among the calves of nations, [until] each submits himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the nations that desire wars.
32Nobles will come from Egypt; Kush will hasten [to raise] its hands to God.
33Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praise to my Lord forever!
34To the One Who rides upon the loftiest of ancient heavens-behold He gives forth His voice, a voice of might.
35Ascribe power to God; His majesty is over Israel, and His might is in the skies.
36God, You are feared from Your Sanctuary; it is the God of Israel Who grants strength and power to His people; blessed is God.
Tehillim Ohel Yoseph Yitzchok,
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