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.
Read in contextPsalms 69:33
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Read in contextPsalms 107:10
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Read in contextIsaiah 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;
Read in contextPsalms 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Read in contextPsalms 146:7
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Read in contextPsalms 107:40–41
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Read in contextGalatians 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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