Psalms 68:10
Your people lived in it; 1 You, God, gave from your goodness to the poor. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
In Context
9You, God, sent a plentiful rain; 1 you strengthened your inheritance when it was weary. 1
11The Lord gave the orders, 1 and those who announced them were a great army. 1
Cross References
Numbers 16:3They assembled themselves together to confront Moses and Aaron. They said to them, “You have gone too far! All the community is set apart, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them. Why do you lift up yourselves above the rest of Yahweh's community?”
Deuteronomy 26:9and he has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land that flows with milk and honey.
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust. 1 He lifts the needy from the ash heap 1 to make them sit with princes 1 and inherit the seat of honor. 1 For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's 1 and he has set the world upon them. 1
Job 5:10He gives rain on the earth, 1 and sends water on the fields. 1
Psalms 65:10You water its furrows abundantly; 1 you settle down the furrows' ridges; 1 you make them soft with rain showers; 1 you bless the sprouts between them. 1
Psalms 74:1God, why have you rejected us forever? 1 Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture? 1
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 →