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Psalms 68:22
22The Lord says, “I will bring my enemies down from Bashan; I will bring them up from the depths of the sea.
Psalms 68:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord said, “I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
Context of Psalms 68:22
20Our God is a God who saves! The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death. 21But God will smash the heads of his enemies, crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways. The Lord says, “I will bring my enemies down from Bashan; I will bring them up from the depths of the sea. 23You, my people, will wash your feet in their blood, and even your dogs will get their share!” 24Your procession has come into view, O God— the procession of my God and King as he goes into the sanctuary.
Read all of Psalms 68Psalms 68:22 word by word
אָמַ֣ר אֲ֭דֹנָי מִבָּשָׁ֣ן אָשִׁ֑יב אָ֝שִׁ֗יב מִֽמְּצֻל֥וֹת יָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 68:22
- Numbers 21:33Then they turned and marched up the road to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and all his people attacked them at Edrei.
- Isaiah 11:11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his people— those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt; in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam; in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
- Isaiah 49:22This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I will give a signal to the godless nations. They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms; they will bring your daughters on their shoulders.
- Exodus 14:22So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!
- Isaiah 51:10Are you not the same today, the one who dried up the sea, making a path of escape through the depths so that your people could cross over?
- Jeremiah 23:5“For the time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
- Ezekiel 36:24For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.
- Hosea 1:10“Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’
Commentaries on Psalms 68:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22From the depths of the sea - All this seems to speak of the defeat of the Egypttians, and the miraculous passage of the Red Sea.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan - On the situation of Bashan, see the notes at Psalm 68:15. There may be an allusion here to the victory achieved over Og, king of Bashan, in the time of Moses, Numbers 21:33-35. The idea may be that as, at that time, a victory was achieved over a formidable enemy, so in times of similar peril, God would deliver his people, and save them from danger. Or, as Bashan was the remote frontier of the holy land, the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-28Verses 22-28 The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as their God, as their King, for their good, and in answer to their prayers; especially in and by his word and ordinances. The kingdom of the Messiah shall be submitted to by all the rulers and learned in the world. The people seem to address the king, ver…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22God will deal with all enemies, whether from high places (represented by Bashan) or low (the depths of the sea).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Former examples of God's deliverance are generalized: as He has done, so He will do. from Bashan--the farthest region; and-- depths of the sea--the severest afflictions. Out of all, God will bring them. The figures of Psa 68:23 denote the completeness of the conquest, not implying any savage cruelty (compare 2Ki 9:36; Is 63:1-6; Jr 15:3).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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