Psalm 68:4-9

God Shall Scatter His Enemies

4 Sing to God, j sing praises to his name;
k lift up a song to him who l rides through m the deserts;
his name is n the Lord;
exult before him!
5 o Father of the fatherless and p protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.
6 God q settles the solitary in a home;
he r leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but s the rebellious dwell in t a parched land.

7 O God, when you u went out before your people,
v when you marched through w the wilderness, Selah
8 x the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
9 y Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 66:4
    All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name." Selah
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 62:10
    Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 68:33
    To him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
    Psalms 18:10
    He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:3
    A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 89:8
    O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you?
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 10:14
    But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:18
    He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 113:9
    He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
    1 Samuel 2:5
    Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 69:33
    For the Lord hears the needy and does not despi...
    Psalms 107:10
    Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death...
    Psalms 107:14
    He brought them out of darkness and the shadow ...
    Psalms 146:7
    Who executes justice for the oppressed, who giv...
    Acts 12:7
    And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to ...
    Acts 16:26
    And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so t...
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 68:18
    You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 107:33
    He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground.
    Psalms 107:40
    He pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 13:21
    And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
    Judges 4:14
    And Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the Lord go out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.
    Habakkuk 3:13
    You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
    Zechariah 14:3
    Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.
  13. Cross References
    Judges 5:4
    Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 78:40
    How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 19:18
    Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
    Judges 5:4
    Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 65:9 - 10
    You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
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