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Psalm 68:4–10

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4Sing to God, asing praises to His name;

1bLift up a song for Him who crides through the deserts,

Whose dname is 2Yah, and exult before Him.

5A afather of the fatherless and a bjudge 1for the widows,

Is God in His choly habitation.

6God acauses the lonely to inhabit a home;

He bleads out the prisoners into prosperity,

Only cthe rebellious dwell in a parched land.

7O God, when You awent forth before Your people,

When You bmarched through the wasteland, 1Selah.

8The aearth quaked;

The bheavens also dripped rain at the presence of God;

1cSinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9You acaused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God;

You established Your inheritance when it was 1parched.

10Your creatures inhabited it;

You aestablished it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

Read in Logos
Psalm 68:5: Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Footnotes

  1. 1Or Cast up a highway
  2. 2The shortened form of Yahweh, found in poetry and praise (e.g. Hallelujah), and in names (e.g. Zechariah)
  3. 1Lit of
  4. 1Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  5. 1Lit This is Sinai which
  6. 1Lit weary

Cross references

  1. aPs 66:2
  2. bIs 57:14; 62:10
  3. cDeut 33:26; Ps 18:10; 68:33; Is 40:3
  4. dEx 6:3; Ps 83:18
  5. aPs 10:14; 146:9
  6. bDeut 10:18
  7. cDeut 26:15
  8. aPs 107:4–7; 113:9
  9. bPs 69:33; 102:20; 107:10, 14; 146:7; Acts 12:7; 16:26
  10. cPs 78:17; 107:34, 40
  11. aEx 13:21; Ps 78:14; Hab 3:13
  12. bJudg 5:4; Ps 78:52
  13. aEx 19:18; Judg 5:4; 2 Sam 22:8; Ps 77:18; Jer 10:10
  14. bJudg 5:4; Ps 18:9; Is 45:8
  15. cEx 19:18; Judg 5:5
  16. aLev 26:4; Deut 11:11; Job 5:10; Ezek 34:26
  17. aPs 65:9; 74:19; 78:20; 107:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Sing to God, sing praises to his name;

lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;

his name is the Lord;

exult before him!

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows

is God in his holy habitation.

God settles the solitary in a home;

he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,

but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

O God, when you went out before your people,

when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,

before God, the One of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;

you restored your inheritance as it languished;

your flock found a dwelling in it;

in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,

extol him who rides on the clouds;

rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,

is God in his holy dwelling.

God sets the lonely in families,

he leads out the prisoners with singing;

but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

When you, God, went out before your people,

when you marched through the wilderness,

the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,

before God, the One of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

You gave abundant showers, O God;

you refreshed your weary inheritance.

Your people settled in it,

and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name.

Exalt him who rides on the clouds—

his name is the Lord—and celebrate before him.

God in his holy dwelling is

a father of the fatherless

and a champion of widows.

God provides homes for those who are deserted.

He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,

but the rebellious live in a scorched land.

God, when you went out before your people,

when you marched through the desert,

Selah

the earth trembled and the skies poured rain

before God, the God of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

You, God, showered abundant rain;

you revived your inheritance when it languished.

Your people settled in it;

God, you provided for the poor by your goodness.

NLTNew Living Translation

Sing praises to God and to his name!

Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds.

His name is the Lord—

rejoice in his presence!

Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—

this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

God places the lonely in families;

he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.

But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

O God, when you led your people out from Egypt,

when you marched through the dry wasteland,

Interlude

the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down rain

before you, the God of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

You sent abundant rain, O God,

to refresh the weary land.

There your people finally settled,

and with a bountiful harvest, O God,

you provided for your needy people.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Sing to God, sing praises to his name.

Lift up a song to the rider on the clouds—his name is Yah—

and rejoice before him.

A father to orphans and a judge for widows

is God in his holy habitation.

God settles the lonely in a home;

he brings prisoners out into prosperity.

But the rebellious abide in a barren land.

O God, when you went out before your people,

when you marched through the desert, Selah

the earth shook; the heavens also dripped rain

at the presence of God who was at Sinai,

at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

You caused abundant rain to fall, O God.

When your inheritance was weary you revived it.

Your community dwelled in it.

You provided in your goodness for the poor, O God.

KJV 1900King James Version

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:

Extol him that rideth upon the heavens

By his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,

Is God in his holy habitation.

God setteth the solitary in families:

He bringeth out those which are bound with chains:

But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people,

When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

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.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,

Whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Thy congregation hath dwelt therein:

Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.