Psalms 68:18
Thou have ascended on high. Thou have led captivity captive. Thou have received gifts among men, yea, [among] the rebellious also, that LORD God might dwell [with them].
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19Blessed be LORD, who bears our burden daily, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
Cross References
Judges 5:12Awake, awake, Deborah, awake, awake, utter a song. Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.
Psalms 7:7And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.
Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
Psalms 78:60so that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
Psalms 132:13For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:16-22
Glory of Zion; The King of Zion. 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan. 16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell… Read the whole commentary →