Psalms 68:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ מ֘וֹשִׁ֤יב יְחִידִ֨ים ׀ בַּ֗יְתָה מוֹצִ֣יא אֲ֭סִירִים בַּכּוֹשָׁר֑וֹת אַ֥ךְ ס֝וֹרֲרִ֗ים שָׁכְנ֥וּ צְחִיחָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhîm môšîb yəḥîdîm baytâ môṣîʾ ʾăsîrîm ba-kôšārôt ʾak sôrărîm šāknû ṣəḥîḥâ

Grammar Details

*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with singular meaning - 'God'
*môšîb*: Hiphil participle masculine singular - 'causing to dwell/settling'
*yəḥîdîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - 'solitary ones'
*baytâ*: masculine singular noun with directional ה suffix - 'to a house/homeward'
*môṣîʾ*: Hiphil participle masculine singular - 'bringing out'
*ʾăsîrîm*: masculine plural passive participle/noun - 'prisoners/bound ones'
*ba-kôšārôt*: preposition בְּ (in/with) + defined feminine plural noun - 'with prosperity/into happiness'
*ʾak*: adverb/particle - 'only/surely/but'
*sôrărîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - 'rebellious ones'
*šāknû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - 'they dwelt'
*ṣəḥîḥâ*: feminine singular adjective/noun - 'parched land'

Word Meanings

*yəḥîdîm*: solitary ones/lonely ones/isolated ones
*baytâ*: homeward/to a house/to a home
*ʾăsîrîm*: prisoners/captives/bound ones
*kôšārôt*: prosperity/happiness/abundance/good things
*sôrărîm*: rebellious ones/stubborn ones/defiant ones
*ṣəḥîḥâ*: parched land/dry place/desert

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 13:21 : 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:
Judg 4:14 : 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand; is not Jehovah gone out before you? So Barak went down from mountain Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Judg 5:4 : 4 Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
Ps 114:1-8 : 1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Mic 2:13 : 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.
Hab 3:12-13 : 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.
Deut 4:34 : 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 68:24-26
3 verses
76%
24They have seen thy goings, O God, Even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
26Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel.
Judg 5:4
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4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
Ps 68:8-10
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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.
9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
Ps 108:11
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11Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Ps 68:32
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32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; Oh sing praises unto the Lord; {H5542}
Ps 68:4-6
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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.
5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
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Ps 60:10
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10Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Ps 68:35
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35O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed be God.
Ps 68:17-18
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71%
17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.
18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, [among] the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell [with them].
Hab 3:12-13
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12Thou didst march through the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.
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Ps 76:9
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Isa 63:14
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Ps 66:6
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19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
20Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Deut 1:33
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Isa 64:3
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13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God?
14Thou art the God that doest wonders: Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples.
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16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
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8Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard;
Ps 68:1
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Ps 67:5
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5Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.
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3Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.
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Ps 67:1
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Ps 44:9
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Ps 63:1
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1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Ps 114:1
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1When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
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10The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
Ps 71:19
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Ps 81:7
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18but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
Exod 15:13
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Ps 43:3-4
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3Oh send out thy light and thy truth; Let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.
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Ps 42:4
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4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
Ps 32:7
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7Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {H5542}