Psalms 68 · Verse 22

Psalms 68:22

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
Psalms 68:22, King James Version

Psalms 68:22 in other translations

BSBThe Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
WEBThe Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,
ASVThe Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea;
YLTThe Lord said: ‘From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea.
DARBYThe Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depth of the sea;
BBEThe Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;
WebsterThe Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea.

What does Psalms 68:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. Former examples of God's deliverance are generalized: as He has done, so He will do. from Bashan--the farthest region; and-- depths of the sea--the severest afflictions. Out of all, God will bring them. The figures of Psa 68:23 denote the completeness of the conquest, not implying any savage cruelty (compare 2Ki 9:36; Is 63:1-6; Jr 15:3).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 From the depths of the sea - All this seems to speak of the defeat of the Egypttians, and the miraculous passage of the Red Sea.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 68:22-28
The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as their God, as their King, for their good, and in answer to their prayers; especially in and by his word and ordinances. The kingdom of the Messiah shall be submitted to by all the rulers and learned in the world. The people seem to address the king, ver. #(28). But the words are applicable to the Redeemer, to his church, and every true believer. We pray, that thou, O God the Son, wilt complete thine undertaking for us, by finishing thy good work in us.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 68:22 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.

אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe has saidH559
אֲ֭דֹנָי'A.do.nai[the] LordH136
מִבָּשָׁ֣ןmi.ba.Shanfrom BashanH1316
אָשִׁ֑יב'a.ShivI will bring backH7725
אָ֝שִׁ֗יב'a.ShivI will bring backH7725
מִֽמְּצֻל֥וֹתmi.me.tzu.Lotfrom [the] depths ofH4688
יָֽם\׃Yam[the] seaH3220

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Cross references for Psalms 68:22

  • Numbers 21:33

    And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

  • Ezekiel 36:24

    For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

  • Exodus 14:22

    And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

  • Isaiah 51:10-11

    Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

  • Amos 9:2-3

    Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

  • Exodus 14:29

    But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

  • Isaiah 11:11-16

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. …

  • Jeremiah 23:5-8

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

  • Isaiah 49:22

    Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

  • Hosea 1:10-11

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Bashan.
Nu 21:33; Isa 11:11-16; 49:22
the depths.
Ex 14:22,29; Isa 51:10,11; Jer 23:5-8; Eze 36:24; Ho 1:10,11

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 68:22

    The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

  • Psalms 68:23

    That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

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Psalms 68:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El Señor dijo: De Basán haré volver, te haré volver de los profundos de la mar:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais Dieu brisera la tête de ses ennemis, le crâne chevelu de ceux qui marchent dans leurs iniquités.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Herr sprach: Ich werde zurückbringen aus Basan, zurückbringen aus den Tiefen des Meeres,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dederunt in escam meam fel, et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto.