New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 68:20
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
18You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there. 19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah. God is to us a God of deliverances; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death. 21Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies, The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds. 22The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
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הָ֤אֵ֣ל׀ לָנוּ֮ אֵ֤ל לְֽמוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹת וְלֵיהוִ֥ה אֲדֹנָ֑י לַ֝מָּ֗וֶת תּוֹצָאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 68:20
- Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”
- Isaiah 45:17Israel has been saved by the Lord With an everlasting salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity.
- Hosea 1:7But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen.”
- John 4:22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- Psalms 118:17I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,
- Hebrews 2:14Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
- Hebrews 2:15and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
- Revelation 1:18and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
- Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
- Proverbs 4:23Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
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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