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Psalms 68:9
9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, by which thou didst confirm thy inheritance, when it was weary.12
Psalms 68:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
- New International Version (NIV)You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;
- New King James Version (NKJV)You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance, When it was weary.
Context of Psalms 68:9
7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: 8The earth shook, the heavens also rained at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, by which thou didst confirm thy inheritance, when it was weary. 10Thy congregation hath dwelt in it: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 11The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that proclaimed it .
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גֶּ֣שֶׁם נְ֭דָבוֹת תָּנִ֣יף אֱלֹהִ֑ים נַחֲלָתְךָ֥ וְ֝נִלְאָ֗ה אַתָּ֥ה כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 68:9
- Psalms 65:9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them grain, when thou hast so provided for it.
- Psalms 77:16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
- Psalms 78:24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the grain of heaven.
- Deuteronomy 11:10For the land, where thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from which ye came out, where thou didst sow thy seed, and water it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
- Ezekiel 34:26And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Commentaries on Psalms 68:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Didst send a plentiful rain - נדבות גשם geshem nedaboth, a shower of liberality. I believe this to refer to the manna by which God refreshed and preserved alive the weary and hungry Israelites.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain - Margin, shake out. Prof. Alexander, “a rain of free gifts.” The Septuagint and the Vulgate render it, “a voluntary or willing rain.” The Syriac, “the rain of a vow.” The Hebrew word translated “plentiful” means free, voluntary, of its own accord - נדבה nedâbâh - (See the notes at Psalm 51:12, where it is rendered free); then it means that which is given freely; and hence, abundantly. It means, therefore, in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies. If God bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them in it, and to bring them out of it. He provided for them, both in the wilderness and in Canaan. The daily manna seems here meant. And it looks to the spiritual provision for God's Israel. The Spirit of grace and the gospel of grace are the plentiful rain, with which God confirms his inheritance, and from which…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10The earth shook as it does during an earthquake (see Exodus 19:18). the heavens poured down rain: Wells in the desert and rain showers in Canaan provided plenty of water.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. a plentiful rain--a rain of gifts, as manna and quails.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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