Psalms 68:4-14

4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds[a] ; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God sets the lonely in families,[b]he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7 When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,[c]
8 the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9 You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.
11 The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:
12 “Kings and armies flee in haste; the women at home divide the plunder.
13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,[d]the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”
14 When the Almighty[e] scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.

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Cross References 25

  • 1. S 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalms 7:17; S Psalms 30:4; Psalms 66:2; Psalms 96:2; Psalms 100:4; Psalms 135:3
  • 2. ver 33; S Exodus 20:21; S Deuteronomy 33:26
  • 3. S Exodus 6:3; Psalms 83:18
  • 4. Psalms 10:14
  • 5. S Exodus 22:22; S Deuteronomy 10:18
  • 6. S Deuteronomy 26:15; Jeremiah 25:30
  • 7. Psalms 25:16
  • 8. Psalms 113:9
  • 9. Psalms 79:11; Psalms 102:20; Psalms 146:7; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18; Acts 12:6
  • 10. Psalms 107:34; Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 58:11
  • 11. S Exodus 13:21; Judges 4:14
  • 12. Psalms 78:40; Psalms 106:14
  • 13. S 2 Samuel 22:8
  • 14. S Judges 5:4; 2 Samuel 21:10; Ecclesiastes 11:3
  • 15. S Deuteronomy 33:2; Exodus 19:16,18
  • 16. S Judges 5:5
  • 17. S Deuteronomy 32:2; S Job 36:28; S Ezekiel 34:26; Deuteronomy 11:11
  • 18. S Deuteronomy 28:12
  • 19. Psalms 65:9; Psalms 74:19
  • 20. Luke 2:13
  • 21. Joshua 10:16
  • 22. S Judges 5:30
  • 23. S Genesis 49:14
  • 24. 2 Samuel 22:15; Joshua 10:10
  • 25. Judges 9:48

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Or "name," / "prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts"
  • [b]. Or "the desolate in a homeland"
  • [c]. The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.
  • [d]. Or "the campfires;" or "the saddlebags"
  • [e]. Hebrew "Shaddai"
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