King James Version
Psalms 68:7 in the King James Version says “O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 68 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:”
Psalms 68:7 · KJV
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. in families: Heb. in a house
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
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.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. send: Heb. shake out confirm: Heb. confirm it
KJV Study — Public Domain
“O God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“when thou wentest forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“when thou didst march”
H6805to pace, i.e., step regularly; (upward) to mount; (along) to march; (down and causatively) to hurl
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