Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 68:20
20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
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
18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them . 19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. 21But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such one as goeth on still in his trespasses. 22The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again 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 JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Isaiah 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
- Hosea 1:7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
- John 4:22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is from the Jews.
- Psalms 118:17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
- John 5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead, and giveth life to them ; even so the Son giveth life to whom he will.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- Hebrews 2:14Since then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
- Hebrews 2:15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
- Revelation 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
- Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues 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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