God’s Word Translation
Psalms 68:6
6God places lonely people in families. He leads prisoners out of prison into productive lives, but rebellious people must live in an unproductive land.
Psalms 68:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
- New International Version (NIV)God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
- New King James Version (NKJV)God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Context of Psalms 68:6
4Sing to God; make music to praise his name. Make a highway for him to ride through the deserts. The Lord is his name. Celebrate in his presence. 5The God who is in his holy dwelling place is the father of the fatherless and the defender of widows. God places lonely people in families. He leads prisoners out of prison into productive lives, but rebellious people must live in an unproductive land. 7O God, when you went in front of your people, when you marched through the desert, Selah 8the earth quaked and the sky poured in the presence of the God of Sinai, in the presence of the God of Israel.
Read all of Psalms 68Psalms 68:6 word by word
אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ מ֘וֹשִׁ֤יב יְחִידִ֨ים׀ בַּ֗יְתָה מוֹצִ֣יא אֲ֭סִירִים בַּכּוֹשָׁר֑וֹת אַ֥ךְ ס֝וֹרֲרִ֗ים שָׁכְנ֥וּ צְחִיחָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- settethיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- the solitaryיָחִידyâchîyd · onlyH3173
- in familiesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- he bringeth outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- those which are boundאָסִיר'âsîyr · prisonerH615
- with chainsכּוֹשָׁרָהkôshârâh · prosperityH3574
- but the rebelliousסָרַרsârar · to rebelH5637
- dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
- in a dryצְחִיחָהtsechîychâh · parchedH6707
Cross-references for Psalms 68:6
- Psalms 107:10Those who lived in the dark, in death’s shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
- Psalms 113:9He makes a woman who is in a childless home a joyful mother. Hallelujah!
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were well-fed hire themselves out for a piece of bread, but those who were hungry hunger no more. Even the woman who was childless gives birth to seven children, but the mother of many children grieves all alone.
- Galatians 4:27Scripture says: “Rejoice, women who cannot get pregnant, who cannot give birth to any children! Break into shouting, those who feel no pains of childbirth! Because the deserted woman will have more children than the woman who has a husband.”
- Psalms 146:7He brings about justice for those who are oppressed. He gives food to those who are hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is with me because the Lord has anointed me to deliver good news to humble people. He has sent me to heal those who are brokenhearted, to announce that captives will be set free and prisoners will be released.
- Acts 12:6The night before Herod was going to bring Peter to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. His hands were bound with two chains, and guards were in front of the door. They were watching the prison.
- Psalms 107:34and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
- Deuteronomy 28:23The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron.
- Hosea 2:3If she refuses, I will strip her. I will leave her as naked as the day she was born. I will turn her into a dry and barren land, and she will die of thirst.
- Malachi 1:3but Esau I hated. I turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the jackals in the desert.
Commentaries on Psalms 68:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The solitary in families - יחדים yechidim, the single persons. Is not the meaning, God is the Author of marriage; and children, the legal fruit of it, are an inheritance from him?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6God setteth the solitary in families - Margin, as in Hebrew, in a house. The word rendered solitary means properly one alone, as an only child; Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:12, Genesis 22:16; and then it means alone, solitary, wretched, forsaken. See the notes at Psalm 22:20. The word rendered “families” would be more literally and better translated as in the margin, houses. The idea then is, not that he constitutes families of those who were solitary and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6God freed Israel from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 20:2; see Psalm 69:33), and he continues to free prisoners today. The sun-scorched land represents being far from God and separated from blessing.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. are illustrated by the protection to the helpless, vindication of the innocent, and punishment of rebels, ascribed to Him.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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