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We are continuing our series of reflections on the Psalms. Each day we will upload a new reflection to the website. We hope and pray that you will find them helpful and that they bring hope during this season. Click on these buttons to read the text of the psalm or listen to a recording of it. You can also listen to the reflection using the audio player below. Read Psalm 68:21-35  Listen to Psalm 68:21-35 The second half of Psalm 68 takes a broader view. Verses 27 and 28 reference a time when God will be worshipped by all nations, highlighting the regathering of all the tribes of Israel, alongside all other nations. This gathering together seems not to come as coercion but as the result of a broader recognition of who God is. The prayer of the psalm seems to be that conflict from those who “love war” would end and all would turn to worship God. This is important to note as the early verses are a prayer that God would show his strength. God’s strength manifests itself in a turning of nations away from war to him in worship. This is such a reminder to me that God’s ways are not human ways but far better. When we worship and ask God to reveal his strength we can trust that God will do so in ways better than we could ever imagine, because he is better than we could ever imagine. God, would you reveal your strength?