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11-13 The Lord speaks. The enemy flees. The women at home[a] cry out the happy news: “The armies that came to destroy us have fled!” Now all the women of Israel are dividing the booty. See them sparkle with jewels of silver and gold, covered all over as wings cover doves! 14 God scattered their enemies like snowflakes melting in the forests of Zalmon.

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  1. Psalm 68:11 at home, literally, “among the sheepfolds.”

12 “Kings and armies flee(A) in haste;
    the women at home divide the plunder.(B)
13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,[a](C)
    the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
    its feathers with shining gold.”
14 When the Almighty[b] scattered(D) the kings in the land,
    it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.(E)

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  1. Psalm 68:13 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
  2. Psalm 68:14 Hebrew Shaddai