psalm 68 chiastic structure

Read Psalm 68 at Bible Gateway.

Psa 68 paragraph divisions:

There is an understood {s} division at the end of each numbered line, with these {n} divisions within lines:

2a As smoke is driven away, So drive them away; {n}
4a Sing to God, sing praises to His name; {n}
6a God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; {n}
8a The earth shook; The heavens also dropped at the presence of God; {n}
13a When you lie down among the sheepfolds, {n}
16a Why do you look askance, you mountains of many peaks? {n}
18a You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, {n}
30a Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, every one submitting himself with pieces of silver. {n}
35a Awesome is God out of your holy places. {n}
35b The God of Israel, He gives strength and power to the people. {n}
35c Blessed be God! {p}

Psa 68 chiastic structure:

1a) Psa 68:1-4, Let His enemies be scattered/ Sing to God, sing praises/ He who rides on the clouds;

1b) Psa 68:5-6, He brings out the bound, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land;

1c) Psa 68:7-10, Sinai trembled at the presence of God;

1d) Psa 68:11-12a, Kings of armies flee;

central axis) Psa 68:12b-13, And she who remains at home divides the spoil. When you lie down among the sheepfolds, {n} the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with the shimmer of gold;

2d) Psa 68:14, When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it snows in Zalmon;

2c) Psa 68:15-17, Sinai the mountain God desires to dwell in;

2b) Psa 68:18, He led captivity captive, even from the rebellious;

2a) Psa 68:19-35 {p} He has scattered the peoples who delight in war/ Sing to God, sing praises/ He who rides on the heaven of heavens.

Psa 68:19-35 forms its own chiastic structure, with these bookends:

19a, Blessed be the Lord;

35c {p} Blessed be God!

But I was not wise enough to be able to map it out. Perhaps next time!