Psalms 68:7

What does Psalms 68:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 68:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

O God, in Thy going forth before Thy people, In Thy stepping through the wilderness, Selah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

OGod, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness — (Selah) —

Context

v.6God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

v.7This passage

v.8The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God: Yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  • Micah 2:13

    The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

  • Exodus 13:21

    And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:

  • Judges 4:14

    And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not Jehovah gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

  • Psalms 114:1

    When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

  • Habakkuk 3:12

    Thou didst march through the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

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