Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 68:25
25The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psalms 68:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- New International Version (NIV)In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
- New King James Version (NKJV)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
Context of Psalms 68:25
23That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. 24They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. 26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. 27There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their counsel, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
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קִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֭רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹגְנִ֑ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 68:25
- Psalms 87:7As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there : all my springs are in thee.
- Psalms 150:3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
- Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
- Revelation 15:2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gained the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
- Psalms 148:12Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
- Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Judges 11:34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- 1 Samuel 18:6And it came to pass as they came, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Commentaries on Psalms 68:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25The singers went before - This verse appears to be a description of the procession.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25The singers went before - That is, in the removal of the ark; in the solemn procession referred to in the previous verse. “In” that procession those who sang preceded those who performed on instruments of music. Compare 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:16. “The players on instruments followed after.” The different classes of performers would naturally be ranged together. In 1 Chronicles 13:8, the following instruments of music are mentioned as having…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. 24-27A great company joins together in the pilgrimage to Zion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2724-27. The triumphal procession, after the deliverance, is depicted. They have seen--impersonally, "There have been seen." the goings of my God--as leading the procession; the ark, the symbol of His presence, being in front. The various bands of music (Psa 68:25) follow, and all who are--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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