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Psalms 68:9
9Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;
Psalms 68:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
- New International Version (NIV)You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance, When it was weary.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You sent abundant rain, O God, to refresh the weary land.
Context of Psalms 68:9
7O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah 8the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished; 10your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy. 11The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:
Read all of Psalms 68Psalms 68:9 word by word
גֶּ֣שֶׁם נְ֭דָבוֹת תָּנִ֣יף אֱלֹהִ֑ים נַחֲלָתְךָ֥ וְ֝נִלְאָ֗ה אַתָּ֥ה כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou, O Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- didst sendנוּףnûph · to sprinkleH5130
- a plentifulנְדָבָהnedâbâh · voluntarinessH5071
- rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
- whereby thou didst confirmכּוּןkûn · to establish: makeH3559
- thine inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- when it was wearyלָאָהlâ'âh · be wearyH3811
Cross-references for Psalms 68:9
- Psalms 65:9You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
- Psalms 77:16When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled.
- Psalms 78:24and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.
- Deuteronomy 11:10For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it, like a garden of vegetables.
- Ezekiel 34:26And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.
Commentaries on Psalms 68:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Didst send a plentiful rain - נדבות גשם geshem nedaboth, a shower of liberality. I believe this to refer to the manna by which God refreshed and preserved alive the weary and hungry Israelites.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain - Margin, shake out. Prof. Alexander, “a rain of free gifts.” The Septuagint and the Vulgate render it, “a voluntary or willing rain.” The Syriac, “the rain of a vow.” The Hebrew word translated “plentiful” means free, voluntary, of its own accord - נדבה nedâbâh - (See the notes at Psalm 51:12, where it is rendered free); then it means that which is given freely; and hence, abundantly. It means, therefore, in…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. 8-10The earth shook as it does during an earthquake (see Exodus 19:18). the heavens poured down rain: Wells in the desert and rain showers in Canaan provided plenty of water.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. a plentiful rain--a rain of gifts, as manna and quails.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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