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Psalm 68

Psa. 68:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou, O 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
, didst σsend
nuwph (Hebrew #5130)
to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)
KJV usage: lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.
Pronounce: noof
Origin: a primitive root
a plentiful
ndabah (Hebrew #5071)
properly (abstractly) spontaneity, or (adjectively) spontaneous; also (concretely) a spontaneous or (by inference, in plural) abundant gift
KJV usage: free(-will) offering, freely, plentiful, voluntary(-ily, offering), willing(-ly), offering).
Pronounce: ned-aw-baw'
Origin: from 5068
rain
geshem (Hebrew #1653)
a shower
KJV usage: rain, shower.
Pronounce: gheh'-shem
Origin: from 1652
z, whereby thou didst confirm
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
τthine inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
, when it was weary
la'ah (Hebrew #3811)
to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted
KJV usage: faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves).
Pronounce: law-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
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shake out.
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Deut. 11:11‑14• 11But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
 12A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
 13And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
 14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (Deut. 11:11‑14)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 65:9‑13• 9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
 10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
 11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
 12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
 13The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. (Psa. 65:9‑13)
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Psa. 77:16‑17• 16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
 17The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. (Psa. 77:16‑17)
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Psa. 78:24‑27• 24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
 25Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
 26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
 27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: (Psa. 78:24‑27)
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Deut. 11:10‑12,14• 10For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
 11But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
 12A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
 14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (Deut. 11:10‑12,14)
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Ezek. 34:26• 26And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. (Ezek. 34:26)
send.
Heb. shake out.
confirm thine inheritance.
Heb.confirm it.
• He brought His congregation to dwell in the land, and in His goodness provided for His weary people and cared for the poor (v.9-10). (“Psalms 68” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful raing upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "a rain of free gifts."