Psalms 68:22

22 The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

Psalms 68:22 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
English Standard Version (ESV)
22 The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
New Living Translation (NLT)
22 The Lord says, “I will bring my enemies down from Bashan; I will bring them up from the depths of the sea.
The Message Bible (MSG)
22 saying, "I tied up the Dragon in knots, put a muzzle on the Deep Blue Sea."
American Standard Version (ASV)
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depths of the sea;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
22 The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
22 The Lord said, "I will bring [them] back from Bashan; I will bring [them] back from the depths of the sea
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
22 The Lord says, "I will bring your enemies from Bashan. I will bring them up from the bottom of the sea.

Psalms 68:22 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 68:22

The Lord said
Within himself, in his own heart; he resolved upon it in his mind; or he said it in council and in covenant; he undertook and engaged to do what follows; or he spoke of it in promise and in prophecy, as what would be done;

I will bring again from Bashan;
as he delivered his people from Og king of Bashan formerly, ( Numbers 21:33-35 ) ; so he purposed and promised to ransom them out of the hands of him that was stronger than they; to recover them from the strong man armed, and deliver them from the power of darkness, and translate them into his own kingdom, and save them from all the bulls of Bashan; see ( Psalms 22:12 ) ; to which text Jarchi refers in the exposition of this; though some understand it of the fat and great ones of the earth, of the conversion of kings and princes, ( Psalms 22:29 ) ;

I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea;
out of the most wretched and desperate condition, out of the depths of sin and misery; out of an helpless and hopeless state, in which they were through the fall, and their actual transgressions: the allusion is to the bringing of the children of Israel through the Red sea, and out of the depths of it, unto dry land: the Targum interprets the whole of the resurrection of the righteous, whether devoured by wild beasts, or drowned in the sea; see ( Revelation 20:13 ) ; some interpret the passage of the Lord's gathering of his people, in the effectual calling, from the east and from the west; from the east, signified by Bashan; and from the west, by the depths of the sea; see ( Isaiah 43:5 ) .

Psalms 68:22 In-Context

20 Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
21 Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22 The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”
24 Your procession, God, has come into view, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Job 36:30; Matthew 18:6; Numbers 21:33
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