Psalms 68:21

\68:20\Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

In Context

20\68:19\Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.)

22\68:21\The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

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Cross References

Psalms 7:12\7:11\God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.

Psalms 68:18\68:17\The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.

Psalms 110:6He will be judge among the nations, the valleys will be full of dead bodies; the head over a great country will be wounded by him.

Isaiah 12:2See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah.

Luke 13:5I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

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 →

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