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Psalm 68

Psa. 68:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
setteth
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
the solitary
yachiyd (Hebrew #3173)
properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced)
KJV usage: darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary.
Pronounce: yaw-kheed'
Origin: from 3161
in νfamilies
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
: heu bringeth out
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
those which are bound
'aciyr (Hebrew #615)
bound, i.e. a captive
KJV usage: (those which are) bound, prisoner.
Pronounce: aw-sere'
Origin: from 631
with chains
kowsharah (Hebrew #3574)
prosperity; in plural freedom
KJV usage: X chain.
Pronounce: ko-shaw-raw'
Origin: from 3787
: but the rebellious
carar (Hebrew #5637)
to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory
KJV usage: X away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.
Pronounce: saw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
dwell
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
in a dry
tschiychah (Hebrew #6707)
a parched region, i.e. the desert
KJV usage: dry land.
Pronounce: tsekh-ee-khaw'
Origin: feminine of 6706
land.
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a house.
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Psa. 107:10• 10Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron, (Psa. 107:10)

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God.
Psa. 107:10,41• 10Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
 41But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh him families like flocks. (Psa. 107:10,41)
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Psa. 113:9• 9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, as a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah! (Psa. 113:9)
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1 Sam. 2:5• 5They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are so no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. (1 Sam. 2:5)
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Gal. 4:27• 27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than those of her that has a husband. (Gal. 4:27)
families.
Heb. a house.
he bringeth.
Psa. 107:10,14• 10Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder. (Psa. 107:10,14)
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Psa. 146:7• 7Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners; (Psa. 146:7)
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Isa. 61:1• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound; (Isa. 61:1)
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Acts 12:6‑25• 6And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.
 7And lo, an angel of the Lord came there, and a light shone in the prison: and having smitten the side of Peter, he roused him up, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off his hands.
 8And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.
 9And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.
 10And having passed through a first and second guard, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which opened to them of itself; and going forth they went down one street, and immediately the angel left him.
 11And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
 12And having become clearly conscious in himself, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where were many gathered together and praying.
 13And when he had knocked at the door of the entry, a maid came to listen, by name Rhoda;
 14and having recognised the voice of Peter, through joy did not open the entry, but running in, reported that Peter was standing before the entry.
 15And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she maintained that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.
 16But Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him and were astonished.
 17And having made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison; and he said, Report these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out and went to another place.
 18And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter.
 19And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded them to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed there.
 20And he was in bitter hostility with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.
 21And on a set day, clothed in royal apparel and sitting on the elevated seat of honour, Herod made a public oration to them.
 22And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.
 23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.
 24But the word of God grew and spread itself.
 25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled the service entrusted to them, taking also with them John, surnamed Mark. (Acts 12:6‑25)
the rebellious.
Psa. 107:34,40• 34A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
 40He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste; (Psa. 107:34,40)
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Deut. 28:23‑24• 23And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
 24Jehovah will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust; from the heavens shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed. (Deut. 28:23‑24)
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Hos. 2:3• 3lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst. (Hos. 2:3)
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Mal. 1:3• 3and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness. (Mal. 1:3)
• The rebellious are left to reap the result of their own folly―they perish in the wilderness. (“Psalms 68” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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God maketh the solitary into familiesd; those that were bounde he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "maketh the solitary to dwell in a home."
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Or "prisoners," as Ps. 69.33.