Psalms 68 · Verse 35

Psalms 68:35

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Psalms 68:35, King James Version

Psalms 68:35 in other translations

BSBO God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
WEBYou are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
ASVO God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
YLTFearful, O God, out of Thy sanctuaries, The God of Israel Himself, Giving strength and might to the people. Blessed is God!
DARBYTerrible art thou, OGod, out of thy sanctuaries, — the God of Israel! He it is that giveth strength and might unto the people. Blessed be God!
BBEO God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.
WebsterO God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power to his people. Blessed be God.

What does Psalms 68:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:32-35

32-36. To Him who is presented as riding in triumph through His ancient heavens and proclaiming His presence--to Him who, in nature, and still more in the wonders of His spiritual government, out of His holy place (Psa 43:3), is terrible, who rules His Church, and, by His Church, rules the world in righteousness--let all nations and kingdoms give honor and power and dominion evermore.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places - The sanctuary and heaven. Out of the former he had often shone forth with consuming splendor; see the case of Korah and his company: out of the latter he had often appeared in terrible majesty in storms, thunder, lightning, etc. He that giveth strength and power unto his people - Therefore that people must be invincible who have this strong and irresistible God for their support. Blessed be God - He alone is worthy to be worshipped. Without him nothing is wise, nothing holy, nothing strong; and from him, as the inexhaustible Fountain, all good must be derived. His mercy over his creatures is equal to his majesty in the universe, and as he has all good in his possession, so is he willing to deal it out, to supply the utmost necessities of his creatures. Blessed be God! The Arabic adds, Alleluiah! The best analysis I find of this Psalm is that by Bishop Nicholson. I shall give it at large, begging the reader to refer particularly to those passages on which the preceding notes are written, as in some of them the analysis gives a different view of the subject. The old Psalter gives the whole Psalm a spiritual and mystical interpretation. And this is commonly the ease in the commentaries of the fathers.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 68:32-35

God is to be admired and adored with reverence and godly fear, by all that attend in his holy places. The God of Israel gives strength and power unto his people. Through Christ strengthening us we can do all things, not otherwise; therefore he must have the glory of all we do, with our humble thanks for enabling us to do it, and for accepting the work of his hands in us.

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Psalms 68:35 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.

נ֤וֹרָ֥אno.Ra'[is] to be fearedH3372
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
מִֽמִּקְדָּ֫שֶׁ֥יךָmi.mik.Da.Shei.chafrom sanctuari<es> yourH4720
אֵ֤ל'el[the] God ofH410
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
ה֤וּאhu'heH1931
נֹתֵ֨ן\׀no.Ten[is] givingH5414
עֹ֖ז'ozstrengthH5797
וְתַעֲצֻמ֥וֹתve.ta.'a.tzu.Motand power<s>H8592
לָעָ֗םla.'Amto the peopleH5971
בָּר֥וּךְba.Rukh[be] blessedH1288
אֱלֹהִֽים\׃'E.lo.HimGodH430

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

Cross references for Psalms 68:35

  • Psalms 29:11

    The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

  • Colossians 1:11

    Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

  • Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  • Isaiah 40:29

    He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

  • Psalms 65:5

    By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

  • Zechariah 10:12

    And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

  • Revelation 6:16-17

    And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  • Nehemiah 1:5

    And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

  • Psalms 66:5

    Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

  • Isaiah 40:31

    But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  • Ephesians 3:16

    That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

  • Exodus 15:1

    Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
terrible.
45:4; 65:5; 66:5; 76:12; Ex 15:1; Ne 1:5; Heb 12:24-29; Re 6:16,17
he that giveth.
29:11; De 33:25; Isa 40:31; 45:21; Zec 10:12; Eph 3:16; Php 4:13
Col 1:11
Blessed.
72:18,19

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Context

  • Psalms 68:34

    Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

  • Psalms 68:35

    O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

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Psalms 68:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Terrible eres, oh Dios, desde tus santuarios: el Dios de Israel, él da fortaleza y vigor á su pueblo. Bendito Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Attribuez la force à Dieu: sa majesté est sur Israël, et sa force dans les nuées.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Furchtbar bist du, Gott, aus deinen Heiligtümern her; der Gott Israels, er ist es, der Stärke und Kraft gibt dem Volke. Gepriesen sei Gott!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Laudent illum cæli et terra; mare, et omnia reptilia in eis.