Psalms 68:6

4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

5 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.

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

8 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.

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 maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

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  • Psalms 69:33

    For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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  • Psalms 107:10

    Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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  • Isaiah 61:1

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

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  • Psalms 107:14

    He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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  • Psalms 146:7

    Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

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  • Psalms 107:40–41

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

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  • Galatians 4:27

    For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

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