Psalms 68:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hab 3:13 : 13 You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah.
  • Luke 13:5 : 5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”
  • Ps 7:12 : 12 If a person does not repent, God will wield his sword. He has prepared to shoot his bow.
  • Ps 110:6 : 6 He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.
  • Ezek 18:27-30 : 27 When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life. 28 Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die. 29 Yet the house of Israel says,‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust? 30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
  • Rev 2:14-16 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. 15 In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore, repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people with the sword of my mouth.
  • Prov 1:24-33 : 24 However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one was paying attention, 25 and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke, 26 so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes, 27 when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you. 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me. 29 Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD, 30 they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke. 31 Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel. 32 For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them. 33 But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the LORD God lives there!
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Warning Against Drifting Away Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
  • Mark 12:4 : 4 So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

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    16He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

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    20Our God is a God who delivers; the LORD, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.

  • Ps 68:22-23
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    22The Lord says,“I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

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    6He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.

    7From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.

  • Hab 3:13-14
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    13You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah.

    14You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.

  • Ps 3:7
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    7Rise up, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.

  • Ps 64:7-8
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    7But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.

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  • Ps 83:2
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    2For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.

  • Ps 140:7
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    7O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

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    26For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

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    66He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.

  • Ps 68:1
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  • Ps 89:22-23
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    22No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him; a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him.

    23I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him.

  • Ps 69:4
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    4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

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    40You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
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    41You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

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    38I beat them to death; they fall at my feet.

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    48The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

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    5May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

  • Ps 139:19
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    19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

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    13By God’s power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

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    47The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

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    35The LORD will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils– from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

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    12By God’s power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

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    19God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them.(Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.

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    5Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)

  • Job 27:22
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    22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

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    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

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    7Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

  • Lev 26:17
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    17I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

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    21But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, says the Sovereign LORD.”

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
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