Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageFor the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song. Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; let those who hate Him flee before His face!
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GTo the Choirmaster. By David. A psalm. A song. Let Elohim arise! Let His enemies be scattered! Let those who hate Him flee from before His face!
KJV
King James VersionTo the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
Footnotes
Psalm 68 is one of the oldest and most theologically dense war-hymns in the Psalter, drawing on archaic battle-poetry traditions that predate the monarchy. The opening cry — *yāqum ʾĕlōhîm* ("let God arise") — is a near-verbatim quotation of the ancient ark formula in Num. 10:35 (*qûmâ YHWH wĕyāputsû ʾōyĕbêkā*), deliberately embedding Israel's wilderness march into the liturgical imagination of Jerusalem worship. The superscription follows standard Psalter form: *lamnatstsēaḥ* ("to the director/choirmaster"), *lĕdāwid* ("by/of David"), *mizmôr* ("a plucked-string psalm"), *shîr* ("a song"). FOG preserves the Hebrew divine name *Elohim* throughout; FOG Message renders it "God," allowing the covenantal weight of the opening quotation to resonate with its New Testament fulfilment in the ascended Lord who scatters every enemy (1 Cor. 15:25).