Psalms 68 · Verse 24

Psalms 68:24

They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
Psalms 68:24, King James Version

Psalms 68:24 in other translations

BSBThey have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.
WEBThey have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
ASVThey have seen thy goings, O God, Even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
YLTThey have seen Thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.
DARBYThey have seen thy goings, OGod, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
BBEWe see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place.
WebsterThey have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

What does Psalms 68:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:24-27
24-27. The triumphal procession, after the deliverance, is depicted. They have seen--impersonally, "There have been seen." the goings of my God--as leading the procession; the ark, the symbol of His presence, being in front. The various bands of music (Psa 68:25) follow, and all who are--

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 They have seen thy goings - These kings of the Amorites have seen thy terrible majesty in their discomfiture, and the slaughter of their subjects.

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…

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Psalms 68:24 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.

רָא֣וּra.'Upeople have seenH7200
הֲלִיכוֹתֶ֣יךָha.li.kho.Tei.khaprocessions yourH1979
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimO GodH430
הֲלִ֘יכ֤וֹתha.Li.Khot[the] processions ofH1979
אֵלִ֖י'e.LiGod myH410
מַלְכִּ֣יmal.Kiking myH4428
בַקֹּֽדֶשׁ\׃va.Ko.deshin the holy placeH6944

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

Cross references for Psalms 68:24

  • Psalms 47:5-7

    God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:16-24

    And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, the porters. So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; …

  • 2 Samuel 6:12-17

    And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed–edom into the city of David with gladness. And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. …

  • 1 Chronicles 13:8

    And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

  • Psalms 24:7-10

    Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

  • Psalms 63:2

    To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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24:7-10; 47:5-7; 2Sa 6:12-17; 1Ch 13:8; 15:16-24

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Context

  • Psalms 68:23

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

  • Psalms 68:24

    They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

  • Psalms 68:25

    The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

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Psalms 68:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Vieron tus caminos, oh Dios; los caminos de mi Dios, de mi Rey, en el santuario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Afin que tu trempes ton pied dans le sang de tes ennemis, et que la langue de tes chiens en ait sa part.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gesehen haben sie deine Züge, o Gott, die Züge meines Gottes, meines Königs im Heiligtum.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Obscurentur oculi eorum, ne videant, et dorsum eorum semper incurva.