Psalms 68 · Verse 20

Psalms 68:20

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
Psalms 68:20, King James Version

Psalms 68:20 in other translations

BSBOur God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
WEBGod is to us a God of deliverance. To GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
ASVGod is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.
YLTGod Himself is to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of death.
DARBYOur God is the God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth even from death.
BBEOur God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.
WebsterHe that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

What does Psalms 68:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:19-21

19-21. God daily and fully supplies us. The issues or escapes from death are under His control, who is the God that saves us, and destroys His and our enemies.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 The issues from death - The going out or exodus from death - from the land of Egypt and house of bondage. Or the expression may mean, Life and death are in the hand of God. "He can create, and he destroy."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 68:15-21

The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, Ep 4:8. He received as the purchase of his death, the gifts needful for the conversion of sinners, and the salvation of believers. These he continually bestows, even on rebellious men, that the Lord God might dwell among them, as their Friend and Father. He gave gifts to men. Having received power to give eternal life, the Lord Jesus bestows it…

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Psalms 68:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הָ֤אֵ֣ל\׀ha.'El<the> GodH410
לָנוּ֮la.Nuof us
אֵ֤ל'el[is] a GodH410
לְֽמוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹתle.mo.Sha.'otof saving actsH4190
וְלֵיהוִ֥הve.la.Yah.wehand [belong] to YahwehH3069
אֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
לַ֝מָּ֗וֶתla.Ma.vetto <the> deathH4194
תּוֹצָאֽוֹת\׃to.tza.'otescapesH8444

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 68:20

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  • Revelation 1:18

    I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

  • Isaiah 12:2

    Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

  • John 5:21

    For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

  • 1 Samuel 2:6

    The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

  • Psalms 118:17-18

    I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

  • Psalms 56:13

    For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

  • John 5:28-29

    Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  • John 11:25-26

    Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

  • Revelation 20:1

    And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

  • Hosea 1:7

    But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

  • Isaiah 45:17-22

    But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
our God.
Isa 12:2; 45:17-22; Ho 1:7; Joh 4:22
unto.
118:17,18; De 32:39; 1Sa 2:6; Joh 5:21,23,28,29; 11:25,26
Heb 2:14,15; Re 1:18; 20:1
issues.
Pr 4:23

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Context

  • Psalms 68:19

    Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

  • Psalms 68:20

    He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

  • Psalms 68:21

    But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

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Psalms 68:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Dios, nuestro Dios ha de salvarnos; y de Dios Jehová es el librar de la muerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Béni soit le Seigneur, qui, de jour en jour, nous comble de ses dons, le ✶Dieu qui nous sauve. Sélah.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gott ist uns ein Gott der Rettungen, und bei Jehova, dem Herrn, stehen die Ausgänge vom Tode.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tu scis improperium meum, et confusionem meam, et reverentiam meam;