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Psalms Chapter 68

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The psalmist mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and its people, describing the city's ruin and the cries of the inhabitants. He laments the king's failure to protect his people and the Lord's judgment on the nation. The passage emphasizes God's sovereignty over human suffering and the hope of restoration.

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(1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
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Psalms 7:6Psalms 7:7Psalms 44:26Psalms 78:65Psalms 78:66Psalms 78:67Psalms 78:68Psalms 132:8Psalms 132:9Numbers 10:35II Chronicles 6:41Isaiah 33:3

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Numbers 10:35Psalms 18:1Psalms 92:9Leviticus 26:17Psalms 11:1Psalms 65:1

(2) As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
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Psalms 37:20Isaiah 9:18Hosea 13:3Psalms 97:5Isaiah 64:2Micah 1:4Psalms 76:7Psalms 80:16Nahum 1:5Nahum 1:6II Thessalonians 1:8II Thessalonians 1:9

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II Samuel 16:19Psalms 97:5Exodus 19:18Revelation 9:2

(3) But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
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Psalms 32:11Psalms 33:1Psalms 58:10Psalms 64:10Psalms 97:12Revelation 18:20Revelation 19:7Psalms 95:1Psalms 95:2Psalms 98:8Psalms 98:9Psalms 100:1

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Isaiah 66:10Zechariah 10:7Psalms 32:11Job 3:22Judges 9:19Jeremiah 31:13

(4) Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
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Psalms 66:4Psalms 67:4Isaiah 12:4Isaiah 12:5Isaiah 12:6Psalms 68:33Psalms 18:10Psalms 104:3Deuteronomy 33:26Isaiah 19:1Exodus 3:14Exodus 6:3

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Psalms 47:6Psalms 27:6Psalms 68:32Psalms 144:9Judges 5:3I Chronicles 16:9

(5) A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
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Psalms 10:14Psalms 10:18Psalms 82:3Psalms 82:4Psalms 146:9Job 31:16Job 31:17Jeremiah 49:11Hosea 14:3Psalms 72:2Psalms 72:4Deuteronomy 10:18

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Jeremiah 5:28

(6) God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
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Psalms 107:10Psalms 107:41Psalms 113:9I Samuel 2:5Galatians 4:27Psalms 107:14Psalms 146:7Isaiah 61:1Acts 12:6Acts 12:7Acts 12:8Acts 12:9

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Numbers 26:42Mark 5:4Proverbs 30:33

(7) O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
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Psalms 114:1Psalms 114:2Psalms 114:3Psalms 114:4Psalms 114:5Psalms 114:6Psalms 114:7Psalms 114:8Exodus 13:21Deuteronomy 4:34Judges 4:14Habakkuk 3:13

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Isaiah 57:9I Samuel 15:19Habakkuk 3:12

(8) The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
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Psalms 77:18Psalms 114:7Isaiah 64:1Isaiah 64:3Habakkuk 3:13Hebrews 12:26Revelation 11:19Judges 5:4Judges 5:5Exodus 19:16Exodus 19:18Deuteronomy 5:23

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II Samuel 16:19Isaiah 10:15Psalms 97:5Psalms 114:7Jeremiah 28:5Jonah 1:3

(9) Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
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Psalms 65:9Psalms 65:10Psalms 65:11Psalms 65:12Psalms 65:13Psalms 77:16Psalms 77:17Psalms 78:24Psalms 78:25Psalms 78:26Psalms 78:27Deuteronomy 11:10

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Isaiah 57:9I Samuel 15:19II Chronicles 2:3Joel 2:23Genesis 31:27Deuteronomy 33:8

(10) Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
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Psalms 74:1Psalms 74:2Psalms 74:19Exodus 19:5Exodus 19:6Numbers 16:3I Peter 5:3Deuteronomy 26:5Deuteronomy 26:9Deuteronomy 26:10Deuteronomy 32:8Deuteronomy 32:9

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II Chronicles 20:8Revelation 10:6Romans 11:22

(11) The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
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Psalms 40:3Exodus 14:15Exodus 17:9Exodus 17:10Exodus 17:11Exodus 17:12Exodus 17:13Exodus 17:14Exodus 17:15Exodus 17:16Judges 4:6Judges 4:7

(12) Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
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Exodus 14:25Numbers 31:8Numbers 31:9Numbers 31:54Joshua 10:16Joshua 10:42Joshua 12:7Joshua 12:8Joshua 12:9Joshua 12:10Joshua 12:11Joshua 12:12

(13) Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
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Psalms 81:6Exodus 1:14I Corinthians 6:9I Corinthians 6:10I Corinthians 6:11I Corinthians 12:2Ephesians 2:1Ephesians 2:2Ephesians 2:3Titus 3:3Psalms 74:19Psalms 105:37

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Exodus 37:9Isaiah 6:2Ezekiel 1:11Ezekiel 1:23Exodus 38:17Jeremiah 4:30

(14) When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
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Numbers 21:3Numbers 21:21Numbers 21:22Numbers 21:23Numbers 21:24Numbers 21:25Numbers 21:26Numbers 21:27Numbers 21:28Numbers 21:29Numbers 21:30Numbers 21:31

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Mark 9:3Revelation 1:14

(15) The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
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Psalms 2:6Psalms 78:68Psalms 78:69Psalms 87:1Psalms 87:2Isaiah 2:2Isaiah 2:3Deuteronomy 3:10Micah 7:14

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I Kings 16:24Joshua 13:30Exodus 17:9Exodus 17:10Exodus 24:4Numbers 14:44

(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.
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Psalms 114:4Psalms 114:6Isaiah 2:2Psalms 132:13Psalms 132:14Deuteronomy 12:5Deuteronomy 12:11I Kings 9:3Hebrews 12:22Hebrews 12:23Revelation 21:2Revelation 21:3

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Psalms 68:15I Samuel 1:8I Kings 16:24

(17) The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
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Psalms 18:10Deuteronomy 33:2II Kings 2:11II Kings 6:16II Kings 6:17Ezekiel 1:15Ezekiel 1:16Ezekiel 1:17Ezekiel 1:18Ezekiel 1:19Ezekiel 1:20Ezekiel 1:21

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II Chronicles 2:10II Samuel 8:4I Kings 6:20I Chronicles 18:4Ezekiel 45:12Revelation 5:11

(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 among them.
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Psalms 24:3Psalms 24:7Psalms 24:8Psalms 24:9Psalms 24:10Psalms 47:5Psalms 110:1Mark 16:9Luke 24:51Acts 1:2Acts 1:3Acts 1:4

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Ephesians 4:8Ezekiel 16:53

(19) Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
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Psalms 72:17Psalms 72:18Psalms 72:19Psalms 103:1Psalms 103:2Psalms 103:3Psalms 103:4Psalms 103:5Psalms 103:6Psalms 103:7Psalms 103:8Psalms 103:9

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Habakkuk 3:13

(20) He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
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Isaiah 12:2Isaiah 45:17Isaiah 45:18Isaiah 45:19Isaiah 45:20Isaiah 45:21Isaiah 45:22Hosea 1:7John 4:22Psalms 118:17Psalms 118:18Deuteronomy 32:39

(21) But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
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Psalms 110:6Habakkuk 3:13Mark 12:4Psalms 55:23Psalms 68:18Psalms 7:12Proverbs 1:24Proverbs 1:25Proverbs 1:26Proverbs 1:27Proverbs 1:28Proverbs 1:29

(22) The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
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Numbers 21:33Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 11:12Isaiah 11:13Isaiah 11:14Isaiah 11:15Isaiah 11:16Isaiah 49:22Exodus 14:22Exodus 14:29Isaiah 51:10Isaiah 51:11

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Joshua 13:30

(23) That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
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Psalms 58:10Isaiah 63:1Isaiah 63:2Isaiah 63:3Isaiah 63:4Isaiah 63:5Isaiah 63:6I Kings 21:19I Kings 22:38II Kings 9:33II Kings 9:34II Kings 9:35

(24) They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
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Psalms 24:7Psalms 24:8Psalms 24:9Psalms 24:10Psalms 47:5Psalms 47:6Psalms 47:7II Samuel 6:12II Samuel 6:13II Samuel 6:14II Samuel 6:15II Samuel 6:16

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Numbers 33:2

(25) The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
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Psalms 87:7Psalms 150:3Psalms 150:4Psalms 150:5Revelation 14:2Revelation 14:3Revelation 15:2Revelation 15:3Psalms 148:12Psalms 148:13Exodus 15:20Judges 11:34

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(26) Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
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Psalms 107:32Psalms 111:1Psalms 135:19Psalms 135:20Psalms 135:21I Chronicles 16:7I Chronicles 16:8I Chronicles 16:9I Chronicles 16:10I Chronicles 16:11I Chronicles 16:12I Chronicles 16:13

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Psalms 115:12

(27) There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
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Genesis 42:32Judges 20:35Judges 21:6Judges 21:7Judges 21:8Judges 21:9Judges 21:10Judges 21:11Judges 21:12Judges 21:13Judges 21:14Judges 21:15

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(28) Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
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Psalms 42:8Psalms 44:4Psalms 71:3Isaiah 40:31John 5:8John 5:9Acts 3:6Acts 3:7Acts 3:8II Corinthians 12:9II Corinthians 12:10Psalms 138:8

(30) Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
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II Samuel 8:1II Samuel 8:2II Samuel 8:3II Samuel 8:4II Samuel 8:5II Samuel 8:6II Samuel 8:7II Samuel 8:8II Samuel 8:9II Samuel 8:10II Samuel 8:11II Samuel 8:12

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II Kings 6:25Isaiah 30:17Luke 15:8Exodus 38:17Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 51:22

(31) Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
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Psalms 72:8Psalms 72:9Psalms 72:10Psalms 72:11Isaiah 19:18Isaiah 19:19Isaiah 19:20Isaiah 19:21Isaiah 19:22Isaiah 19:23Isaiah 19:24Isaiah 19:25

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Psalms 68:27

(32) Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
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Psalms 67:2Psalms 67:3Psalms 67:4Psalms 67:5Psalms 100:1Psalms 117:1Psalms 117:2Deuteronomy 32:43Romans 15:10Romans 15:11Revelation 15:4

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Psalms 47:6Psalms 27:6Psalms 66:4Psalms 68:4Psalms 144:9Judges 5:3

(33) To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
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Psalms 68:4Psalms 18:10Psalms 104:3Psalms 93:2Psalms 102:25Psalms 29:3Psalms 29:4Psalms 29:5Psalms 29:6Psalms 29:7Psalms 29:8Psalms 29:9

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(34) Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
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(35) O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
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Psalms 45:4Psalms 65:5Psalms 66:5Psalms 76:12Exodus 15:1Nehemiah 1:5Hebrews 12:24Hebrews 12:25Hebrews 12:26Hebrews 12:27Hebrews 12:28Hebrews 12:29

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