Psalms 68:10

68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. send: Heb. shake out confirm: Heb. confirm it

Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

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Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.

Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

Your congregation has dwelled therein: you, O God, have prepared of your goodness for the poor.

68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. company: Heb. army

What does Psalms 68:10 mean?

Psalms 68:10 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חַי (chay), יָשַׁב (yâshab), אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym).

Hebrew interlinear

Thy

congregationחַיchay/khah'-ee/H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

hath

dweltיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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thou,

God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

hast

preparedכּוּןkûwn/koon/H3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)

thy

goodnessטוֹבṭôwb/tobe/H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

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the

poor.עָנִיʻânîy/aw-nee'/H6041depressed, in mind or circumstances

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 68:10.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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What does Psalms 68:10 say?

Psalms 68:10 (King James Version) reads: "Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor."

Is Psalms 68:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 68:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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