Psalms 68

Treated in 11 passages across the library.

  • 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation. 2
  • 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary. 2
  • 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, [among] the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell [with them]. 2
  • 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yea, let them rejoice with gladness. 1
  • 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land. 1
  • 68:10 Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor. 1
  • 68:20 God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death. 1
  • 68:21 But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness. 1
  • 68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. 1

American Standard Version

  1. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Ps. 68.18

    …t that saying would sometimes come to my mind, He hath received gifts for the rebellious (Ps. 68.18). ‘The rebellious,’ thought I; why, surely they are such as once were under subjection to…

  2. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    Trial cites Psalm lxviii. 5

    …of the fatherless,” and that he, therefore, as their father, would be pleased to provide. Psalm lxviii. 5. 3. That I have received the children in the name of Jesus, and that therefore he, in the…

  3. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    I. It is no sign one way or the other, that religious affections are very great, or raised very high cites Psalm 68:3

    …joice," says Christ to his disciples, "and be exceeding glad," Matt. 5:12. So it is said, Psalm 68:3, "Let the righteous be glad: let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoi…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Psa 68: 20

    …of the lions’ den, Zion out of Babylon. In his due time he gives an issue out of trouble. Psa 68: 20. The tree which in the winter seems dead, revives in the spring. Post nubila Phoebus [The…

  5. The Way Into the Holiest · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    The Glory of Christ's Office cites Psalm lxviii. 17

    …ousand chariots, went and came during the giving of the decalogue from the brow of Sinai (Psalm lxviii. 17). It is not difficult to prove the Lord's superiority to angels. It is twofold: in Nature…

  6. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites Ps. 68:18

    … gifts for men, yea, even for the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell among them.” [Ps. 68:18; cf. Eph. 4:8] And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, [Acts 2:1] then first it was…

  7. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Chariots of God cites Psalm 68:17

    …ousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary. (Psalm 68:17.) Chariots are for transportation and moving forward. Earthly chariots carry their riders…

  8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.2 Degrees of Sin cites Psa 68: 21

    …ins. ‘God shall would the hairy scalp of such an one as goes on still in his trespasses.’ Psa 68: 21. Though God set the point of his sword to the breast of a sinner, he will still commit si…

  9. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    November cites Psalm 68:28

    … the next to gain. November 15 “Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.” (Psalm 68:28) It is our wisdom, as well as our necessity, to beseech God continually to strengthen tha…

  10. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    December cites Psalm 68:10

    … the souls of men. December 8 “Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.” (Psalm 68:10) All God's gifts are prepared gifts laid up in store for wants foreseen. He anticipates o…

  11. Clothed with Strength and Dignity · Ochorus Originals

    Flourishing in Singleness cites Psalm 68:5-6

    …udge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God setteth the solitary in families." Psalm 68:5-6 (KJV) In the last chapter we considered the calling of the Christian wife. But we must no…