Psalms 68:6
4 Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds — His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
7 O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
8 the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
- KJV
- God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
- WEB
- God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
- ASV
- God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
- DARBY
- God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched [land].
- BLB
- God causes the solitary to dwell in a home; He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious ones have dwelt in a scorched land.
- ÅB
- Gud gir de enslige hus, fører fanger ut til lykke; bare de gjenstridige bor i et tørt land.
- OTB
- Gud gir et hjem til dem som er alene;
Han fører fangene ut til lykke,
Men de opprørske bor i et tørt land. - B1930
- Gud gir de enslige hus, fører fanger ut til lykke; bare de gjenstridige bor i et tørt land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 113:9
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
Read in contextPsalms 69:33
For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
Read in contextPsalms 107:10
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Read in contextIsaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
Read in contextPsalms 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
Read in contextPsalms 146:7
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
Read in contextPsalms 107:40–41
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Read in contextGalatians 4:27
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
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