Psalms 68:7

68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. in families: Heb. in a house

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

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God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

O God, when you went forth before your people, when you did march through the wilderness; Selah:

68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

What does Psalms 68:7 mean?

Psalms 68:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), יָצָא (yâtsâʼ), פָּנִים (pânîym).

Hebrew interlinear

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

when

thou

wentest

forthיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

beforeפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

thy

people,עַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

when

thou

didst

marchצָעַדtsâʻad/tsaw-ad'/H6805to pace, i.e. step regularly; (upward) to mount; (along) to march; (down and causatively) to hurl

through

the

wilderness;יְשִׁימוֹןyᵉshîymôwn/yesh-ee-mone'/H3452a desolation

Selah:סֶלָהçelâh/seh'-law/H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pause

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 68:7.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: from: Heb. from before

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. thing: or, word

Isaiah 2:3

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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What does Psalms 68:7 say?

Psalms 68:7 (King James Version) reads: "O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:"

Is Psalms 68:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 68:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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