English Standard Version
Psalms 68:25
25the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
Psalms 68:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- New International Version (NIV)In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Singers are in front, musicians behind; between them are young women playing tambourines.
Context of Psalms 68:25
23that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe." 24Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary— the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines: 26"Bless God in the great congregation, the Lord, O you who are of Israel's fountain!" 27There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
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קִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֭רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹגְנִ֑ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 68:25
- Psalms 87:7Singers and dancers alike say, "All my springs are in you."
- Psalms 150:3Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
- Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,
- Revelation 15:2And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.
- Psalms 148:12Young men and maidens together, old men and children!
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
- Judges 11:34Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
- 1 Samuel 18:6As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
Commentaries on Psalms 68:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25The singers went before - This verse appears to be a description of the procession.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25The singers went before - That is, in the removal of the ark; in the solemn procession referred to in the previous verse. “In” that procession those who sang preceded those who performed on instruments of music. Compare 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:16. “The players on instruments followed after.” The different classes of performers would naturally be ranged together. In 1 Chronicles 13:8, the following instruments of music are mentioned as having…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-28Verses 22-28 The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as their God, as their King, for their good, and in answer to their prayers; especially in and by his word and ordinances. The kingdom of the Messiah shall be submitted to by all the rulers and learned in the world. The people seem to address the king, ver…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-27A great company joins together in the pilgrimage to Zion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2724-27. The triumphal procession, after the deliverance, is depicted. They have seen--impersonally, "There have been seen." the goings of my God--as leading the procession; the ark, the symbol of His presence, being in front. The various bands of music (Psa 68:25) follow, and all who are--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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