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I will bring them from the depths of the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/68.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The Lord says, “I will bring my enemies down from Bashan; I will bring them up from the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/68.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/68.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/68.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring <i>my people</i> again from the depths of the sea:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/68.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring <i>them</i> back from the depths of the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/68.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring <i>them</i> back from Bashan. I will bring <i>them</i> back from the depths of the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/68.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The Lord said, &#8220I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/68.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring <i>them</i> back from Bashan. I will bring <i>them</i> back from the depths of the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/68.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring <i>them</i> back from Bashan. I will bring <i>them</i> back from the depths of the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/68.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring your enemies back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/68.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/68.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, &#8220I will bring them back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/68.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/68.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You promised to bring them from Bashan and from the deepest sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/68.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/68.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/68.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Lord has said, "I will bring your enemies back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the ocean, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/68.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The Lord says, "From Bashan I will bring them, I will bring them from the depths of the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/68.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, ?I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/68.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The Lord says, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/68.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/68.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/68.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/68.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The Lord said: “From Bashan I bring back, "" I bring back from the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/68.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The Lord said: 'From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/68.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah said, I will turn back from Bashan; I will turn back from the depths of the sea:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/68.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/68.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 67:23>The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/68.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The Lord has said: “Even from Bashan I will fetch them, fetch them even from the depths of the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/68.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/68.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, I will rescue my people from the cliffs, I will bring my people from the depths of the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/68.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH said, "From among the peaks I shall bring forth and I shall lead from the depths of the sea.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/68.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The Lord said: 'I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/68.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring <i>my people</i> again through the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/68-22.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=8006" 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">21</span>Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">The Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: ’ā·šîḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">“I will retrieve them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1316.htm" title="1316: mib·bā·šān (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Smooth, a region E. of the Jordan. Of uncertain derivation; Bashan, a region East of the Jordan.">from Bashan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: ’ā·šîḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">I will bring them up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4688.htm" title="4688: mim·mə·ṣu·lō·wṯ (Prep-m:: N-fpc) -- Depth, deep. Or mtsolah; also mtsuwlah; or mtsulah; from the same as tsuwlah; a deep place.">from the depths</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: yām (N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">of the sea,</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”…<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="/amos/9-2.htm">Amos 9:2-3</a></span><br />Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. / Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-4.htm">Obadiah 1:4</a></span><br />Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-16.htm">Jeremiah 49:16</a></span><br />The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-21.htm">Isaiah 24:21-22</a></span><br />In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below. / They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/34-22.htm">Job 34:22</a></span><br />There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/26-6.htm">Job 26:6</a></span><br />Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-11.htm">Proverbs 15:11</a></span><br />Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Jonah 2:2</a></span><br />saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-24.htm">Ezekiel 32:24-25</a></span><br />Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. / Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm">Isaiah 14:15</a></span><br />But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-15.htm">Luke 10:15</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-7.htm">Romans 10:7</a></span><br />or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-16</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">Revelation 9:1-2</a></span><br />Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss. / The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:</p><p class="hdg">Bashan</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/21-33.htm">Numbers 21:33</a></b></br> And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-16</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm">Isaiah 49:22</a></b></br> Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in <i>their</i> arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon <i>their</i> shoulders.</p><p class="hdg">the depths</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22,29</a></b></br> And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry <i>ground</i>: and the waters <i>were</i> a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-10.htm">Isaiah 51:10,11</a></b></br> <i>Art</i> thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5-8</a></b></br> Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/68-15.htm">Bashan</a> <a href="/psalms/64-6.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/psalms/33-7.htm">Depth</a> <a href="/psalms/63-9.htm">Depths</a> <a href="/psalms/65-8.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/psalms/66-6.htm">Sea</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/135-11.htm">Bashan</a> <a href="/psalms/69-2.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm">Depth</a> <a href="/psalms/69-2.htm">Depths</a> <a href="/psalms/78-66.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/psalms/72-8.htm">Sea</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>The Lord said</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the authority and sovereignty of God. It is a declaration from the Lord, indicating divine intention and action. Throughout the Bible, when God speaks, it signifies a moment of importance and certainty. This echoes the authority seen in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>, where God speaks creation into existence.<p><b>“I will retrieve them from Bashan”</b><br>Bashan was a region known for its strong and mighty inhabitants, often associated with opposition to Israel (<a href="/deuteronomy/3.htm">Deuteronomy 3:1-11</a>). This phrase suggests God's power to deliver His people from formidable enemies or situations. Bashan's fertile lands and strongholds symbolize challenges that seem insurmountable, yet God promises deliverance. This can be seen as a type of Christ's victory over sin and death, retrieving His people from spiritual bondage.<p><b>I will bring them up from the depths of the sea</b><br>The sea often symbolizes chaos and danger in biblical literature (<a href="/psalms/46-2.htm">Psalm 46:2-3</a>). God's promise to bring His people up from the depths signifies His ability to rescue from the most perilous and hopeless situations. This can be connected to the story of Jonah, who was saved from the depths, and prophetically to Christ's resurrection, where He triumphed over death and the grave. The imagery of the sea also recalls the Exodus, where God parted the Red Sea to deliver Israel from Egypt, showcasing His power over nature and His commitment to His covenant people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, representing God's sovereignty and power to deliver His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bashan.htm">Bashan</a></b><br>A region east of the Jordan River, known for its fertile land and strongholds. It symbolizes places of captivity or challenge.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_depths_of_the_sea.htm">The Depths of the Sea</a></b><br>A metaphor for seemingly insurmountable obstacles or places of despair from which God promises to deliver His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_deliverance.htm">God's Sovereignty in Deliverance</a></b><br>God has the power to retrieve and rescue His people from any situation, no matter how dire it seems.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_bashan_and_the_sea.htm">Symbolism of Bashan and the Sea</a></b><br>Bashan and the sea represent challenges and depths of despair. God’s promise to retrieve from these places assures us of His omnipotence and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_promises.htm">Trust in God's Promises</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to trust in God's promises of deliverance, knowing that He is faithful to bring us out of our personal "Bashans" and "depths."<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare_and_victory.htm">Spiritual Warfare and Victory</a></b><br>This verse can be seen as a reminder of the spiritual battles we face and the ultimate victory we have in Christ, who retrieves us from spiritual bondage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_times_of_trouble.htm">Hope in Times of Trouble</a></b><br>In times of trouble, believers can find hope in God's promise to bring us up from the depths, reinforcing our faith and reliance on Him.<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/why_is_the_bible_unclear_on_theology.htm">Why is the Bible ambiguous on key theological issues?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_18_20-24_align_with_2_sam_11.htm">How does David's claim of righteousness in Psalm 18:20-24 align with accounts of his moral failures elsewhere in Scripture (e.g., 2 Samuel 11)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jesus_say_'forsaken_me'.htm">If Jesus is God, why did He say 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?' on the cross (Matthew 27:46)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_cause_deaths_in_the_bible.htm">Why did God cause deaths in the Bible?</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>(22) <span class= "bld">I will bring.</span>--The meaning of this verse is very obscure. It is plainly another fragment of some ancient song quoted, we can hardly doubt, with reference to the return from captivity. "Bashan" and the "depths of the sea" (comp. <a href="/context/amos/9-1.htm" title="I saw the LORD standing on the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that flees of them shall not flee away, and he that escapes of them shall not be delivered.">Amos 9:1-10</a>) may, in the quotation, only stand generally for <span class= "ital">east </span>and <span class= "ital">west, </span>the sea being here the Mediterranean. But most probably the original verse referred to the passage of the Red Sea and the contest with the king of Bashan.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/68.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea</span>. Our translators' interpolation of the words, "my people," is unhappy. The psalmist means to represent God as threatening his enemies, not as encouraging his faithful ones. Though his enemies (ver. 21) fly to Bashan and bury themselves in its woods, or though they even hide themselves in the depths of the sea, he will search them out, and "bring them back," that vengeance may be taken on them (see ver. 23). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/68-22.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">The Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲ֭דֹנָי</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“I will retrieve [them]</span><br /><span class="heb">אָשִׁ֑יב</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·šîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Bashan,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבָּשָׁ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bā·šān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1316.htm">Strong's 1316: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bashan -- 'smooth', a region East of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will bring [them] up</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֝שִׁ֗יב</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·šîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the depths</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽמְּצֻל֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mə·ṣu·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4688.htm">Strong's 4688: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deep place</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the sea,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/68-22.htm">Psalm 68:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/68-22.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 68:22 The Lord said I will bring you (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/68-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 68:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 68:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/68-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 68:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 68:23" /></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>