Common English Bible

Psalms 68:3-9 Common English Bible (CEB)

3. But let the righteous be gladand celebrate before God.Let them rejoice with gladness!

4. Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!Exalt the one who rides the clouds!The Lord is his name.Celebrate before him!

5. Father of orphans and defender of widowsis God in his holy habitation.

6. God settles the lonely in their homes;he sets prisoners free with happiness,but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

7. When you went forth before your people, God,when you marched through the wasteland, Selah

8. the earth shook!Yes, heaven poured downbefore God, the one from Sinai—before God, the God of Israel!

9. You showered down abundant rain, God;when your inheritance grew weary,you restored it yourself,