Tree of Life Version
Psalms 68:22
22Surely God crushes the head of His foes, the hairy scalp of one walking in his guilt.
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
20Blessed be my Lord! Day by day He bears our burdens— the God of our salvation! Selah 21God is for us—a God of deliverance. Adonai my Lord has escapes from death. Surely God crushes the head of His foes, the hairy scalp of one walking in his guilt. 23My Lord said: “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea. 24So your foot may wade in blood, and your dogs’ tongue may have their share of your enemies’ blood.”
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 went up the road to the Bashan. Og, king of the Bashan, went out to confront them, he and all his people, in battle at Edrei.
- Isaiah 11:11It will also come about in that day that my Lord will again redeem— a second time with His hand— the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 49:22Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Look, I will lift My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples! They will bring your sons on their chest, and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- Exodus 14:22Then Bnei-Yisrael went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, while the waters were like walls to them on their right and on their left.
- Isaiah 51:10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a path for the redeemed to pass over?
- Jeremiah 23:5“Behold, days are coming” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign as king wisely, and execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Ezekiel 36:24“‘For I will take you from the nations, gather you out of all the countries and bring you back to your own land.
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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