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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/psalms/68.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/68.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Even while you sleep among the sheep pens, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/68.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Even those who lived among the sheepfolds found treasures— doves with wings of silver and feathers of gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/68.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/68.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/68.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Though ye have lien among the pots, <i>yet shall ye be as</i> the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/68.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, <i>You will be</i> like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her feathers with yellow gold.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/68.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you lie down among the sheepfolds, <i>You are like</i> the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/68.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When you lie down among the sheepfolds, You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/68.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When you lie down among the sheepfolds, <i>You are like</i> the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/68.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If you <i>men</i> lie down among the sheepfolds, <i>You all would be like</i> the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/68.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When you lie down [to rest] among the sheepfolds, You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver, Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/68.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />While you lie among the sheep pens, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its feathers with glistening gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/68.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />While you lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its feathers with glistening gold. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/68.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/68.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And for those who stayed back to guard the sheep, there are metal doves with silver-coated wings and shiny gold feathers." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/68.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/68.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Though you stayed among the sheep pens, [you will be like] the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers with yellow gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/68.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />figures of doves covered with silver, whose wings glittered with fine gold. (Why did some of you stay among the sheep pens on the day of battle?) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/68.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When you men lie down among the sheepfolds, you are like the wings of the dove covered with silver, with its feathers in glittering gold."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/68.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/68.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/68.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/68.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/68.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/68.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Though you lie between two boundaries, "" Wings of a dove covered with silver, "" And her pinions with yellow gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/68.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/68.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If ye shall lie down within the stalls, the wings of the dove being covered with silver, and her wing feathers with yellowness of gold.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/68.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/68.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 67:14>If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/68.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />though you lie down among the sheepfolds, you shall be covered with silver as the wings of a dove, her feathers bright as fine gold.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/68.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />though they stay among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with green gold.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/68.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Though you sleep among thorns, yet shall you be protected as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/68.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If you sleep between sharpened stakes: wings of The Dove overlaid in silver and its feathers in refined gold.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/68.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When ye lie among the sheepfolds, The wings of the dove are covered with silver, And her pinions with the shimmer of gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/68.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Even if ye should lie among the lots, <i>ye shall have</i> the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with yellow gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/68-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=7928" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/68.htm">God's Enemies Are Scattered</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">Though</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: tiš·kə·ḇūn (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">you lie down</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">among</a> <a href="/hebrew/8240.htm" title="8240: šə·p̄at·tā·yim (N-md) -- Perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps. From shaphath; a stall; also a hook.">the sheepfolds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3671.htm" title="3671: kan·p̄ê (N-fpc) -- Wing, extremity. From kanaph; an edge or extremity; specifically a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle.">the wings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3123.htm" title="3123: yō·w·nāh (N-fs) -- Dove. Probably from the same as yayin; a dove.">of the dove</a> <a href="/hebrew/2645.htm" title="2645: neḥ·pāh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To cover. A primitive root; to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect.">are covered</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ḇak·ke·sep̄ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">with silver,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3422.htm" title="3422: bî·raq·raq (Prep-b:: Adj-msc) -- Greenish, pale green. From the same as yereq; yellowishness.">and her feathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/84.htm" title="84: wə·’eḇ·rō·w·ṯe·hā (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3fs) -- A pinion. Feminine of 'eber.">with shimmering</a> <a href="/hebrew/2742.htm" title="2742: ḥā·rūṣ (N-ms) -- Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager.">gold.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/5-16.htm">Judges 5:16</a></span><br />Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-14.htm">Genesis 49:14-15</a></span><br />Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds. / He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-4.htm">Proverbs 14:4</a></span><br />Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-8.htm">Isaiah 60:8</a></span><br />Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zechariah 9:9</a></span><br />Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-5.htm">Matthew 21:5</a></span><br />“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-35.htm">Luke 19:35-36</a></span><br />Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it. / As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-14.htm">John 12:14-15</a></span><br />Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written: / “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm">1 Kings 10:22</a></span><br />For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-21.htm">2 Chronicles 9:21</a></span><br />For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/39-13.htm">Job 39:13-18</a></span><br />The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. / For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. / She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-3.htm">Ezekiel 17:3</a></span><br />and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-7.htm">Ezekiel 17:7</a></span><br />But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-17.htm">Isaiah 60:17</a></span><br />Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-13.htm">Isaiah 60:13</a></span><br />The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Though you have lien among the pots, yet shall you be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.</p><p class="hdg">Though.</p><p class="hdg">ye have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6</a></b></br> I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a></b></br> And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, <i>was</i> with rigour.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a></b></br> Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, … </p><p class="hdg">the wings</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/74-19.htm">Psalm 74:19</a></b></br> O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude <i>of the wicked</i>: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/105-37.htm">Psalm 105:37</a></b></br> He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and <i>there was</i> not one feeble <i>person</i> among their tribes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4</a></b></br> For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/38-10.htm">Boundaries</a> <a href="/judges/5-16.htm">Campfires</a> <a href="/psalms/65-13.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/psalms/56-1.htm">Dove</a> <a href="/job/39-18.htm">Feathers</a> <a href="/psalms/65-13.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/job/41-32.htm">Glistening</a> <a href="/psalms/49-13.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Green</a> <a href="/job/39-13.htm">Pinions</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/psalms/62-7.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-5.htm">Sheathed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-28.htm">Sheepfolds</a> <a href="/psalms/67-1.htm">Shining</a> <a href="/psalms/66-10.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/psalms/44-23.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/psalms/63-7.htm">Wings</a> <a href="/esther/1-6.htm">Yellow</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/74-17.htm">Boundaries</a> <a href="/judges/5-16.htm">Campfires</a> <a href="/psalms/69-7.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/psalms/74-19.htm">Dove</a> <a href="/psalms/91-4.htm">Feathers</a> <a href="/psalms/78-48.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/mark/9-3.htm">Glistening</a> <a href="/psalms/72-15.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/psalms/90-6.htm">Green</a> <a href="/psalms/91-4.htm">Pinions</a> <a href="/psalms/81-6.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/psalms/68-18.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-5.htm">Sheathed</a> <a href="/psalms/78-70.htm">Sheepfolds</a> <a href="/psalms/76-4.htm">Shining</a> <a href="/psalms/68-30.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/psalms/73-20.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/psalms/91-1.htm">Wings</a> <a href="/revelation/9-17.htm">Yellow</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 68</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/68-1.htm">A prayer at the removing of the ark</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/68-4.htm">An exhortation to praise God for his mercies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/68-7.htm">for his care of the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/68-19.htm">for his great works</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/68.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/68.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Though you lie down among the sheepfolds</b><br>This phrase evokes imagery of pastoral life, common in ancient Israel. The sheepfolds were enclosures where sheep were kept, symbolizing peace and rest. Lying down among them suggests a state of tranquility and security. Biblically, sheepfolds can represent the people of God, as seen in <a href="/john/10.htm">John 10:1-16</a>, where Jesus describes Himself as the Good Shepherd. This imagery may also allude to the tribes of Israel, particularly those who were more settled and less involved in warfare, such as Issachar (<a href="/genesis/49-14.htm">Genesis 49:14-15</a>).<p><b>the wings of the dove are covered with silver</b><br>Doves are often symbols of peace and the Holy Spirit (<a href="/matthew/3-16.htm">Matthew 3:16</a>). The mention of silver suggests purity and redemption, as silver was used in the tabernacle and temple (<a href="/exodus/26-19.htm">Exodus 26:19</a>; <a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">1 Kings 6:20</a>). This could symbolize the divine protection and blessing over Israel, or the church, as they rest in God's provision. The dove's wings covered with silver may also imply the beauty and value of God's presence and peace among His people.<p><b>and her feathers with shimmering gold.</b><br>Gold in the Bible often represents divinity, kingship, and glory (<a href="/exodus/25-11.htm">Exodus 25:11</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-18.htm">Revelation 21:18</a>). The shimmering gold feathers of the dove could symbolize the glory and majesty of God resting upon His people. This imagery might also point to the transformation and sanctification of believers, reflecting God's glory (<a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm">2 Corinthians 3:18</a>). The combination of silver and gold suggests a completeness of divine favor and blessing, reminiscent of the wealth and splendor of Solomon's reign (<a href="/1_kings/10-21.htm">1 Kings 10:21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheepfolds.htm">Sheepfolds</a></b><br>A sheepfold is an enclosure for sheep, symbolizing a place of rest and security. In biblical times, it was a common sight in pastoral settings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/dove.htm">Dove</a></b><br>The dove is often a symbol of peace, purity, and the Holy Spirit in the Bible. Here, it represents beauty and divine provision.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/silver_and_gold.htm">Silver and Gold</a></b><br>These precious metals symbolize wealth, purity, and divine blessing. They are often used in the Bible to describe the splendor and glory of God's creation or His blessings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/rest_in_god's_provision.htm">Rest in God's Provision</a></b><br>Just as the sheep rest in the sheepfolds, believers are called to find rest in God's provision and protection. Trusting in His care allows us to experience peace and security.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_beauty_and_blessing.htm">Divine Beauty and Blessing</a></b><br>The imagery of the dove with silver and gold feathers reminds us of the beauty and richness of God's blessings. We are encouraged to recognize and appreciate the divine beauty in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_dove.htm">Symbolism of the Dove</a></b><br>The dove, often representing the Holy Spirit, calls us to live lives marked by peace, purity, and the presence of God. We should strive to embody these qualities in our daily walk.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_wealth.htm">Spiritual Wealth</a></b><br>The silver and gold symbolize spiritual wealth that comes from a relationship with God. We are reminded to seek treasures in heaven rather than earthly wealth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_simplicity.htm">Contentment in Simplicity</a></b><br>The setting of the sheepfolds suggests contentment in simplicity. We are encouraged to find joy and satisfaction in the simple, everyday blessings God provides.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_68.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 68</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/archeological_proof_for_psalm_68_12-14.htm">Psalm 68:12-14: Is there any archeological evidence that verifies the swift military victories depicted here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_song_4_1-3's_exaggerations.htm">How do we reconcile the poetic exaggerations in Song of Solomon 4:1-3 with any literal or historical interpretations of the text?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_disasters_fit_god's_purposes.htm">Job 37:12-13 claims storms fulfill God's purposes of punishment or blessing; how do natural disaster patterns fit this idea?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_psalm_8_with_harsh_judgments.htm">How do we reconcile Psalm 8's depiction of a caring God with other biblical passages that portray divine indifference or harsh judgment toward humans?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/68.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13, 14) The agreement of the ancient versions in rendering these difficult verses shows that their obscurity does not arise, as in the case of so many passages of the Psalms, from any corruptions in the text, but from the fact that they are an adaptation of some ancient war-song to circumstances to which we have no clue. If we could recover the allusions, the language would probably appear clear enough.<p>"Why rest ye among the sheepfolds?<span class= "ital">"</span><p>"A dove's wings are (now) covered with silver, and her<p>feathers with the sheen of gold."<p>"When the Almighty scattered kings there,<p>It was snowing on Tsalmon."<p>Even in our ignorance of these allusions we at once recognise in the first member of this antique verse the scornful inquiry of <a href="/judges/5-16.htm" title="Why stayed you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.">Judges 5:16</a>, addressed to the inglorious tribe that preferred ease at home to the dangers and discomforts of battle.<p>The word here rendered "sheepfolds" (in the Authorised Version <span class= "ital">pots, </span>a meaning which cannot represent the Hebrew word or its cognates in any other place) is cognate to that used in <a href="/judges/5-16.htm" title="Why stayed you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.">Judges 5:16</a>, and occurs in its present form in <a href="/ezekiel/40-43.htm" title="And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.">Ezekiel 40:43</a>, where the margin renders, "andirons, or two hearthstones." The derivation from <span class= "ital">to set </span>would allow of its application to any kind of <span class= "ital">barrier.</span> . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/68.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Though ye have lien among the pots;</span> rather, <span class="accented">Will ye lie down among the sheepfolds</span>? Will ye, O ye laggarts of Israel, like the Reubenites in the war against Sisera, instead of going out to war with your brethren, "abide among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks" (see <a href="/judges/5-16.htm">Judges 5:16</a>)? Yet shall ye be as <span class="cmt_word">the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold</span>. It is certainly wrong to supply, yet shall ye be before as the wings of a dove." There can be no promise of good made to these laggarts. Probably the meaning is, "Will ye be," or "Will ye seek to be as the wings of a dove, covered with silver, and her feathers of yellow gold?" <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. Will ye abide in your prosperity and your riches, decked in gorgeous apparel, resplendent with silver and gold, while your brethren are bearing the brunt of battle, with all its ghastly sights and sounds, in your and the land's defence? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/68-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Though</span><br /><span class="heb">אִֽם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you lie down</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·kə·ḇūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֪ין</span> <span class="translit">(bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sheepfolds,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·p̄at·tā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8240.htm">Strong's 8240: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wings</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּנְפֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kan·p̄ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3671.htm">Strong's 3671: </a> </span><span class="str2">An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the dove</span><br /><span class="heb">י֭וֹנָה</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are covered</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶחְפָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(neḥ·pāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2645.htm">Strong's 2645: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to veil, to encase, protect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with silver,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַכֶּ֑סֶף</span> <span class="translit">(ḇak·ke·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and her feathers</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּֽירַקְרַ֥ק</span> <span class="translit">(bî·raq·raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_84.htm">Strong's 84: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pinion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with shimmering</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝אֶבְרוֹתֶ֗יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eḇ·rō·w·ṯe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3422.htm">Strong's 3422: </a> </span><span class="str2">Greenish, pale green</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gold.”</span><br /><span class="heb">חָרֽוּץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·rūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2742.htm">Strong's 2742: </a> </span><span class="str2">Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/68-13.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 68:13 While you sleep among the campfires (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/68-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 68:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 68:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/68-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 68:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 68:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>