EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 68:20
20Our God is the God who rescues people. The Almighty Lord saves us from death.
Psalms 68:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
- New International Version (NIV)Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Our God is a God of salvation, and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our God is the God of salvation; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
Context of Psalms 68:20
18When you went up to the highest place, you took many prisoners with you. You received gifts from men, even from the men who had fought against you. Yes, the Lord God lives there! 19Praise the Lord, as he deserves! Every day he helps us with our troubles. He is the God who keeps us safe! Selah. Our God is the God who rescues people. The Almighty Lord saves us from death. 21He will knock down the heads of his enemies. He will destroy their skulls and their long hair, if they continue to turn against him. 22The Lord says, ‘I will bring my enemies back from Bashan, even from deep down in the sea.
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הָ֤אֵ֣ל׀ לָנוּ֮ אֵ֤ל לְֽמוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹת וְלֵיהוִ֥ה אֲדֹנָ֑י לַ֝מָּ֗וֶת תּוֹצָאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 68:20
- Isaiah 12:2Listen! God is the one who saves me! I will continue to trust him. I will not be afraid because the Lord himself makes me strong. He keeps me safe. He rescues us from our enemies.’
- Isaiah 45:17The Lord will make Israel safe. Israel will be safe and free for ever. You will never be ashamed again. People will never insult you again.
- Hosea 1:7But I will continue to love the people of Judah. I will save them from the power of their enemies. I will not use weapons to do this in a battle. I will not use an army, or horses, or chariots. Instead, it will be the power of the Lord their God that saves them.’
- John 4:22You people from Samaria do not know the one that you worship. But we Jews do know him, because God's salvation comes from among the Jewish people.
- Psalms 118:17I will not die. Instead, I will live. I will tell everyone what the Lord has done.
- Deuteronomy 32:39Realize the truth! I alone am God. There is no other god as well as me. I can kill and I can give life. I can hurt people and I can make them well again. Nobody can stop me doing what I choose to do.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord gives both life and death. He sends some people to their graves, and he raises other people up.
- John 5:21The Father raises dead people to make them alive again. In the same way, the Son gives life to whoever he chooses.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, ‘I have authority over death. I raise dead people, and I give people true life. Anyone who believes in me will live. Even if that person dies, he will continue to live.
- Hebrews 2:14So, those people who become God's children are human. They have human bodies. Because of that, Jesus himself became human like us. In that way, when he died he was able to destroy the Devil. It is the Devil who has power over death.
- Hebrews 2:15Before, we were like slaves all our lives because we were afraid of death. But now, Jesus' death makes us free.
- Revelation 1:18I am the one who always lives. I died once. But look! Now I am alive and I will be alive for ever. I have authority over death and over Hades, the place for dead people.
- Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel who was coming down from heaven. He was holding the key to the deep hole. He also held a great chain in his hand.
- Proverbs 4:23Be very careful to keep your mind safe. The thoughts that you think make you the person that you are.
Commentaries on Psalms 68:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The issues from death - The going out or exodus from death - from the land of Egypt and house of bondage. Or the expression may mean, Life and death are in the hand of God. "He can create, and he destroy."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20He that is our God is the God of salvation - literally, “God is for us a God of salvation.” That is, The God whom we worship is the God from whom salvation comes, and who brings salvation to us. It is not a vain thing that we serve him, for he is the only being who can save us, and he will save us. And unto God the Lord belong the issues from death - The “outgoings” or “escapes” from death. That is, He only can save from death. The Hebrew word means…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, Ep 4:8. He received as the purchase of his death, the gifts needful for the conversion of sinners, and the salvation of believers. These he continually bestows, even on rebellious men, that the Lord God might dwell among them, as their Friend and Father. He gave gifts to men. Having received power to give eternal life, the Lord Jesus bestows it on as many as were given…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20God cares for his people like a shepherd, and the people praise him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2119-21. God daily and fully supplies us. The issues or escapes from death are under His control, who is the God that saves us, and destroys His and our enemies.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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