Psalms 68 · Verse 7

Psalms 68:7

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
Psalms 68:7, King James Version

Psalms 68:7 in other translations

BSBO God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
WEBGod, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
ASVO God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; [Selah
YLTO God, in Thy going forth before Thy people, In Thy stepping through the wilderness, Selah.
DARBYOGod, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness — (Selah) —
BBEO God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)
WebsterO God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

What does Psalms 68:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:7-8
7-8. (Compare Ex 19:16-18). thou wentest--in the pillar of fire. thou didst march--literally, "in Thy tread," Thy majestic movement.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 O God, when thou wentest forth - This and the following verse most manifestly refer to the passage of the Israelites through the wilderness.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 68:7-14
Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies. If God bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them in it, and to bring them out of it. He provided for them, both in the wilderness and in Canaan. The daily manna seems here meant. And it looks to the spiritual provision for God's Israel. The Spirit of grace and the gospel of grace are the plentiful rain, with which God confirms his inheritance, and from which their fruit is found. Christ shall come as showers that water the earth. The account of Israel's victories is to be applied to the victories over death and hell, by the exalted Redeemer, for those that are his. Israel in Egypt among the kilns appeared wretched, but possessed of Canaan, during the reigns of David and Solomon, appeared glorious. Thus the slaves of Satan, when converted to Christ, when justified and sanctified by him, look honourable. When they reach heaven, all remains of their sinful state disappear, they shall be as the wings of the dove, covered with silver, and her feathers as gold. Full salvation will render those white as snow, who were vile and loathsome through the guilt and defilement of sin.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 68:7 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.

אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים'elo.HimO GodH430
בְּ֭צֵאתְךָBe.tze.te.khawhen going out youH3318
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
עַמֶּ֑ךָ'a.Me.khapeople yourH5971
בְּצַעְדְּךָ֖be.tza'.de.Khawhen marching youH6805
בִֽישִׁימ֣וֹןvi.shi.Monin a desolate placeH3452
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

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

Cross references for Psalms 68:7

  • Exodus 13:21

    And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

  • Judges 5:4

    Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

  • Judges 4:14

    And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

  • Habakkuk 3:12-13

    Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

  • Micah 2:13

    The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

  • Psalms 114:1-8

    When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. …

  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O God.
114:1-8; Ex 13:21; De 4:34; Jud 4:14; Hab 3:13
thou didst.
Jud 5:4; Mic 2:13; Hab 3:12

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Context

  • Psalms 68:6

    God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

  • Psalms 68:7

    O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

  • Psalms 68:8

    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.

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Psalms 68:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Oh Dios, cuando tú saliste delante de tu pueblo, cuando anduviste por el desierto, (Selah,)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Dieu fait habiter en famille ceux qui étaient seuls; il fait sortir ceux qui étaient enchaînés, pour qu’ils jouissent de l’abondance; mais les rebelles demeurent dans une terre aride.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gott, als du auszogest vor deinem Volke, als du einherschrittest durch die Wüste,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non erubescant in me qui exspectant te, Domine, Domine virtutum; non confundantur super me qui quærunt te, Deus Israël.