Psalms 68:18
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led in procession a body of captives, Thou hast received gifts consisting of men, Yea even the rebellious, That, Yah, Elohim, might settle down to rest.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Judges 5:12Awake! awake! Deborah, Awake! awake! utter words of song,—Arise! Barak, and bind fast thy captives, O son of Abinoam!
Psalms 7:7When, the assembly of peoples, gather round thee, then, above it—on high, do thou return!
Psalms 24:7Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, and lift yourselves up, ye age-abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in.
Psalms 78:60So he gave up the habitation of Shiloh, The tent he had set up among Men;
Psalms 132:13For Yahweh hath chosen Zion,—He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:
Isaiah 55:7Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts,—And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto 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 →