Psalms 68:18
You have ascended on high.You have led away captives.You have received gifts among men,yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah, God, might dwell there.
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In Context
19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens,even the God who is our salvation.Selah.
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 forsook the tent of Shiloh,the tent which he placed among 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; and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly 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 →