God’s Word Translation
Psalms 68:7
7O God, when you went in front of 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
5The God who is in his holy dwelling place is the father of the fatherless and the defender of widows. 6God places lonely people in families. He leads prisoners out of prison into productive lives, but rebellious people must live in an unproductive land. O 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. 9You watered the land with plenty of rain, O God. You refreshed it when your land was exhausted.
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 left Egypt, when Jacob’s family left people who spoke a foreign language,
- Exodus 13:21By day the Lord went ahead of them in a column of smoke to lead them on their way. By night he went ahead of them in a column of fire to give them light so that they could travel by day or by night.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god ever tried to come and take one nation away from another for himself? The Lord your God used his mighty hand and powerful arm to do this for you in Egypt. He did this using plagues, miraculous signs, amazing things, and war. He did his great and awe-inspiring deeds in front of you.
- Judges 4:14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Attack! This is the day the Lord will hand Sisera over to you. The Lord will go ahead of you.” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men behind him.
- Habakkuk 3:13You go out to save your people, to save your anointed. You crush the leader of the wicked household, stripping him bare from head to toe. Selah
- Judges 5:4O Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the country of Edom, the earth quaked, the sky poured, the clouds burst,
- Micah 2:13⌞The Lord⌟ will open the way and lead them. They will break out, go through the gate, and leave. Their king will travel in front of them. The Lord will lead the people.
- Habakkuk 3:12You march through the earth with fury. You trample the nations in anger.
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
In the dictionaries
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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