Mazmur 68:23-26

68:23 so that your feet may stomp ¹  in their blood,

and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies’ corpses.” ² 

68:24 They ³  see your processions, O God –

the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor. ⁴ 

68:25 Singers walk in front;

musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, ⁵ 

in the midst of young women playing tambourines. ⁶ 

68:26 In your large assemblies praise God,

the Lord, in the assemblies of Israel! ⁷ 

[68:23]  ¹ tc Some (e.g. NRSV) prefer to emend מָחַץ (makhats, “smash; stomp”; see v. 21) to רָחַץ (rakhats, “bathe”; see Ps 58:10).

[68:23]  ² tn Heb “[and] the tongue of your dogs from [the] enemies [may eat] its portion.”

[68:24]  ³ tn The subject is probably indefinite, referring to bystanders in general who witness the procession.

[68:24]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text has simply “in holiness.” The words “who marches along” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[68:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “after [are] the stringed instrument players.”

[68:25]  ⁶ sn To celebrate a military victory, women would play tambourines (see Exod 15:20; Judg 11:34; 1 Sam 18:6).

[68:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the fountain of Israel,” which makes little, if any, sense here. The translation assumes an emendation to בְּמִקְרָאֵי (bÿmiqra’ey, “in the assemblies of [Israel]”).