Psalms 68:18

You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts amongst people, yes, amongst the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell there.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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 among them.

In Context

17The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is amongst them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.

19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.

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Cross References

Judges 5:12‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’

Psalms 7:7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

Psalms 78:60so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed amongst men,

Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

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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