Psalms 68:13

Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

In Context

12“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.

14When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:14Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

Numbers 31:27Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.

Judges 5:16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

1 Kings 4:20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

Psalms 74:19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

Psalms 105:37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

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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