Hello there. This is Mary Demuth and this is Pray Every Day where I pray through the Bible verse by verse and I've got that privilege and thank you so much for being a part of Pray Every Day.

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So thank you ahead of time for doing that. Today I am reading Psalm 68.

It's a really long one in the World English Bible,

and this is what it says.

For the chief musician, a Psalm by David, a song.

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered.

Let them who hate him also flee before him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away.

As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God.

Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds, to Yah, his name, rejoice before him.

A father of the fatherless and a defender of the widows is God in his holy habitation.

God sets the lonely in families, he brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched

land. God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,

Selah, the earth trembled, the sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai,

at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

You, God, sent a plentiful reign. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.

Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor. The Lord

announced the word, the ones who proclaim it are a great company. Kings of armies flee,

they flee. She who waits at home divides the plunder. While you sleep among the campfires,

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