Psalms 68:6

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! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the Lord is his name! Rejoice before him! 5He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace. God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert. 7O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the desert, (Selah) 8the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Psalms 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 107:10They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
• Psalms 113:9He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!
• 1 Samuel 2:5Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.
• Galatians 4:27For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.”
• Psalms 146:7vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.
• Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
• Acts 12:6On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.
• Psalms 107:34and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.
• Deuteronomy 28:23The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.
• Hosea 2:3Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst.
• Malachi 1:3and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”

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

Topics related to Psalms 68:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blessing
• Chains
• Wicked (People)

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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