Psalms 68:15

Rescue me from the quagmire, so that I may not become trapped. Free me from those who hate me and from deep waters.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

In Context

14But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. This time has pleased you well, O God. In the multitude of your mercy, in the truth of your salvation, hear me.

16Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:10all the cities that are situated in the plain, and the entire land of Gilead and Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Psalms 2:6Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

Psalms 87:1A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Unto the end. For Mahalath, to answer the understanding of Heman the Ezrahite.

Micah 7:14With your rod, pasture your people, the flock of your inheritance, living alone in the narrow forest, in the midst of Carmel. They will graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the ancient days.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:8-15

Thankful Praises to God; Mercies Recollected. 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: 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. 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the… Read the whole commentary →

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