Psalms 68:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the Chief Musician; A Psalm of David, a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Num 10:35 : 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Isa 33:3 : 3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.
Ps 89:10 : 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
Exod 20:5 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Ps 132:8-9 : 8 Arise, O Jehovah, into thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priest be clothed with righteousness; And let thy saints shout for joy.
Isa 41:15-16 : 15 Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 16 Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 42:13-14 : 13 Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up [his] zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
Isa 51:9-9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster? 10 Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Ezek 5:2 : 2 A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezek 12:14-15 : 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
Dan 2:35 : 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
John 14:23-24 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
Deut 7:10 : 10 and repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
2 Chr 6:41 : 41 Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
Ps 7:6-7 : 6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment. 7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
Ps 21:8 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.
Ps 44:26 : 26 Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.
Ps 59:11 : 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Ps 68:14 : 14 When the Almighty scattered kings therein, [It was as when] it snoweth in Zalmon.
Ps 68:30 : 30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.
Ps 78:65-68 : 65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 66 And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach. 67 Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim, 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 68:2-4
3 verses
81%
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.
Num 10:35
79%
35And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Ps 92:9
74%
9For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Ps 7:5-6
2 verses
74%
5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {H5542}
6Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Ps 83:2
73%
2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Ps 9:3
73%
3When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
Ps 9:19
72%
19Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Ps 59:1
72%
1For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.
Ps 144:6
72%
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
Ps 58:7
72%
7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Ps 59:10-11
2 verses
71%
10My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
11Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Ps 97:3
71%
3A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.
Judg 5:31
71%
31So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Ps 70:1
70%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 68:21
70%
21But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
Ps 139:21-22
2 verses
70%
21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
Ps 3:7
70%
7Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Ps 69:24
70%
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Job 27:7
70%
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
Deut 28:7
70%
7Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.
Ps 68:7
69%
7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; {H5542}
Isa 33:3
69%
3At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.
Ps 38:19
69%
19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Ps 66:3
69%
3Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Ps 56:7
69%
7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
Ps 57:5
69%
5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
Ps 89:23
69%
23And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
Nah 1:8
69%
8But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
Lam 3:66
69%
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
Ps 35:5
68%
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving [them] on.
Ps 83:15
68%
15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
Ps 6:10
68%
10All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.
Ps 143:9
68%
9Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Ps 83:17
68%
17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
Ps 70:4
68%
4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Ps 13:4
68%
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Ps 5:8
68%
8Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
Ps 118:7
68%
7Jehovah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
Ps 44:10
68%
10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
Ps 3:1
68%
1A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
Ps 72:9
68%
9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.
Ps 140:10
68%
10Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
Ps 83:13
68%
13O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
Deut 6:19
68%
19to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.
Isa 64:2
68%
2as when fire kindleth the brushwood, [and] the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!