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Psalms 68:7
7God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the desert,Selah
Psalms 68:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
- New International Version (NIV)When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)O God, when You went out before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah
Context of Psalms 68:7
5God in his holy dwelling is a father of the fatherless and a champion of widows. 6God provides homes for those who are deserted. He leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious live in a scorched land. God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the desert,Selah 8the earth trembled and the skies poured rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. 9You, God, showered abundant rain; you revived your inheritance when it languished.
Read all of Psalms 68Psalms 68:7 word by word
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים בְּ֭צֵאתְךָ לִפְנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּצַעְדְּךָ֖ בִֽישִׁימ֣וֹן סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 68:7
- Psalms 114:1When Israel came out of Egypt — the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language —
- Exodus 13:21The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them light at night, so that they could travel day or night.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Judges 4:14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has handed Sisera over to you. Hasn’t the Lord gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
- Habakkuk 3:13You come out to save your people, to save your anointed. You crush the leader of the house of the wicked and strip him from foot to neck.Selah
- Judges 5:4Lord, when you came from Seir, when you marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, the skies poured rain, and the clouds poured water.
- Micah 2:13One who breaks open the way will advance before them; they will break out, pass through the city gate, and leave by it. Their King will pass through before them, the Lord as their leader.
- Habakkuk 3:12You march across the earth with indignation; you trample down the nations in wrath.
Commentaries on Psalms 68:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7O God, when thou wentest forth - This and the following verse most manifestly refer to the passage of the Israelites through the wilderness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people - That is, in conducting them through the desert to the promised land. The statement in regard to the paternal character of God in the previous verses is here illustrated by his guiding his own people, when fleeing from a land of oppression, through the barren desert - and his interpositions there in their behalf. All that had been said of him in the previous verses is here confirmed by the provision…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies. If God bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them in it, and to bring them out of it. He provided for them, both in the wilderness and in Canaan. The daily manna seems here meant. And it looks to the spiritual provision for God's Israel. The Spirit of grace and the gospel of grace are the plentiful rain, with which God confirms his inheritance, and from which…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35This prayer for God's victorious rule describes God's journey from Sinai to Zion (Psalm 68:7, 16–18, 24). He saved Israel from Egypt, led them through the wilderness, brought them to the promised land, and established his kingdom. He is a caring and victorious God, whose nature does not change. Therefore, the faithful hope and rejoice in the promise of God's universal rule.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. (Compare Ex 19:16-18). thou wentest--in the pillar of fire. thou didst march--literally, "in Thy tread," Thy majestic movement.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 68
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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