Psalms 68:21

(68:22) But God will crush the head of his enemies, the hairy skull of him who walketh in his guiltiness.

Leeser Tanakh

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(68:21) Our God is to us the God of salvation: and by the Eternal the Lord are the escapes from death.

22(68:23) The Lord hath said, From Bashan will I bring back, I will bring back from the depths of the sea:

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Cross References

Psalms 7:12(7:13) If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.

Psalms 68:18(68:19) Thou didst ascend on high, lead away captives, receive gifts among men, yea, even the rebellious, to dwell among them. O Lord God.

Psalms 110:6He will judge among the nations—there shall be a fulness of corpses—he crusheth heads on a wide-spread land.

Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust him; for my strength and song is Yah the Eternal: and he is become my salvation.”

Habakkuk 3:13Thou wentest forth to the assistance of thy people, to the assistance of thy anointed: thou didst wound the head out of the house of the wicked, destroy the foundation with the high-towering walls. Selah.

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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