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Psalms 68:20

68:19 Blessed 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 unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

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God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

What does Psalms 68:20 mean?

Psalms 68:20 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֵל (ʼêl), מוֹשָׁעָה (môwshâʻâh), יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih).

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He
that
is
our
Godאֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
is
the
Godאֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
of
salvation;מוֹשָׁעָהmôwshâʻâh/mo-shaw-aw'/H4190deliverance
and
unto
GODיְהֹוִהYᵉhôvih/yeh-ho-vee'/H3069{YHWH}
the
LordאֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây/ad-o-noy'/H136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
belong
the
issuesתּוֹצָאָהtôwtsâʼâh/to-tsaw-aw'/H8444(only in plural collective) exit, i.e. (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source
from
death.מָוֶתmâveth/maw'-veth/H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 68:20.

Deuteronomy 3:24

O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

1 Kings 2:26

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. worthy: Heb. a man of death

1 Kings 8:53

For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

2 Samuel 7:18

Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

2 Samuel 7:19

And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? manner: Heb. law

2 Samuel 7:20

And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

2 Samuel 7:28

And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

2 Samuel 7:29

Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. let it: Heb. be thou pleased and bless

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What does Psalms 68:20 say?

Psalms 68:20 (King James Version) reads: "He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death."

Is Psalms 68:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 68:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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