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Psalm 68

Psa. 68:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that is our God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
is the God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
of salvation
mowsha`ah (Hebrew #4190)
deliverance
KJV usage: salvation.
Pronounce: mo-shaw-aw'
Origin: from 3467
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Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
belong the issues
towtsa'ah (Hebrew #8444)
from 3318; (only in plural collective) exit, i.e. (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source
KJV usage: border(-s), going(-s) forth (out), issues, outgoings.
Pronounce: to-tsaw-aw'
Origin: or totsaah {to-tsaw-aw'}
from death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
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our God.
Isa. 12:2• 2Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)
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Isa. 45:17‑22• 17[But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded unto the ages of ages.
18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it; he that established it, not a waste he created it; he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] Jehovah; and there is none else.
19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I [am] Jehovah speaking righteousness, declaring things that are right.
20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save.
21Declare, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it long ago? [Have] not I Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me.
22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and there is none else.
(Isa. 45:17‑22)
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Hos. 1:7• 7But, I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. (Hos. 1:7)
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John 4:22• 22Ye worship what ye know not: we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews. (John 4:22)
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Psa. 118:17‑18• 17I shall not die but live{HR}And declare the works of Jah.
18Jah hath chastened me sore,{HR}But hath not given me to (the) death.
(Psa. 118:17‑18)
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Deut. 32:39• 39See now that I, even I, am he,{HR}And there is no god with me:{HR}I kill, and I make alive;{HR}I wound, and I heal:{HR}Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. (Deut. 32:39)
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1 Sam. 2:6• 6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive:{HR}He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (1 Sam. 2:6)
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John 5:21,23,28‑29• 21For even as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth, so the Son also quickeneth whom he will;
23that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father that sent him.
28Wonder not at this; for an hour is coming, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
29and shall go forth, those that practiced good unto a resurrection of life, and those that did evil unto a resurrection of judgment.
(John 5:21,23,28‑29)
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John 11:25‑26• 25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he have died, shall live;
26and every one that liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
(John 11:25‑26)
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Heb. 2:14‑15• 14Since then the little children are partakers of blood and flesh, he also in like manner took part of the same, that through death he might annul him that hath the might of death, that is, the devil;
15and might set free all those who through fear of death were through all their life subject to bondage.
(Heb. 2:14‑15)
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Rev. 1:18• 18and the living one: and I was dead, and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages; and I have the keys of death and of hades. (Rev. 1:18)
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Rev. 20:1• 1And I saw an angel coming down from the heaven having the key of the abyss, and a great chain upon his hand. (Rev. 20:1)
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 The blessing of His people Israel will involve the destruction of His enemies. (Psalm 68 by H. Smith)
 The occasion is correlated with Israel’s history at Sinai where they entered into a covenant with the Lord (Ex. 19, Heb. 9:18-20), but now it is a new covenant the Lord makes with His people (Jer. 31:31-34). (Book 2. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Our *God is the *God of salvationr; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth even from death.

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Or "*God is for us a *God of salvations."

W. Kelly Translation

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Our Goda is a Godb of salvation;{HR}And to Jehovah Adonai [belong] the issues from death.

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El
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El