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The Sovereign LORD rescues us from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/68.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/68.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/68.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>He that is</i> our God <i>is</i> the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord <i>belong</i> the issues from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/68.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Our God <i>is</i> the God of salvation; And to GOD the Lord <i>belong</i> escapes from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/68.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />God is to us a God of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong ways of escape from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/68.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />God is to us a God of deliverances; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/68.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />God is to us a God of deliverances; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/68.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />God is to us a God of salvation; And to Yahweh the Lord belong escapes from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/68.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />God is to us a God of acts of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death [setting us free].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/68.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our God is a God of salvation, and escape from death belongs to the LORD my Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/68.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our God is a God of salvation, and escape from death belongs to the Lord GOD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/68.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/68.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You always protect us and save us from death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/68.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto JEHOVAH the Lord belong the issues from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/68.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Our God is the God of victories. The Almighty LORD is our escape from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/68.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Our God is a God who saves; he is the LORD, our Lord, who rescues us from death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/68.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />God is for us the God of our deliverance. The Lord GOD rescues us from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/68.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/68.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Our God is a God who delivers; the LORD, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/68.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />God is to us a God of deliverance. To the LORD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/68.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/68.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/68.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, "" And YHWH Lord has the outgoings of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/68.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> God Himself is to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/68.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The God to us a God for salvations; and to Jehovah the Lord the goings forth to death.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/68.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/68.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 67:21>Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/68.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Our God is a God who saves; escape from death is the LORD God’s. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/68.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/68.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He that is our God is the God of salvation, the LORD God who has the power of life and death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/68.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH is God; Lord of death is The Exodus.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/68.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto GOD the Lord belong the issues of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/68.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/68-20.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=7991" 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">19</span>Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: hā·’êl (Art:: N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">Our God</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">is a God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4190.htm" title="4190: lə·mō·wō·šā·‘ō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- Saving acts. From yasha'; deliverance.">of deliverance;</a> <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/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/8444.htm" title="8444: tō·w·ṣā·’ō·wṯ (N-fp) -- An outgoing, extremity, perhaps source, escape. Or totsaah; from yatsa'; exit, i.e. boundary, or deliverance, source.">is our rescuer</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: lam·mā·weṯ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">from death.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.…<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="/isaiah/45-22.htm">Isaiah 45:22</a></span><br />Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-4.htm">Hosea 13:4</a></span><br />Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Deuteronomy 32:39</a></span><br />See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-6.htm">1 Samuel 2:6</a></span><br />The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-7.htm">2 Kings 5:7</a></span><br />When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-11.htm">Isaiah 43:11</a></span><br />I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a></span><br />He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/2-9.htm">Jonah 2:9</a></span><br />But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-21.htm">Matthew 1:21</a></span><br />She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-12.htm">Acts 4:12</a></span><br />Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a></span><br />For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">1 Corinthians 15:54-57</a></span><br />When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” / “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” / The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.</p><p class="hdg">our God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-2.htm">Isaiah 12:2</a></b></br> Behold, God <i>is</i> my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH <i>is</i> my strength and <i>my</i> song; he also is become my salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-17.htm">Isaiah 45:17-22</a></b></br> <i>But</i> Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7</a></b></br> But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.</p><p class="hdg">unto</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/118-17.htm">Psalm 118:17,18</a></b></br> I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Deuteronomy 32:39</a></b></br> See now that I, <i>even</i> I, <i>am</i> he, and <i>there is</i> no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither <i>is there any</i> that can deliver out of my hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-6.htm">1 Samuel 2:6</a></b></br> The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.</p><p class="hdg">issues</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a></b></br> Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it <i>are</i> the issues of life.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/47-9.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/psalms/62-12.htm">Belongeth</a> <a href="/psalms/62-12.htm">Belongs</a> <a href="/psalms/59-11.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/65-5.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/psalms/44-4.htm">Deliverances</a> <a href="/psalms/56-7.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Escapes</a> <a href="/psalms/68-7.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/40-2.htm">Goings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Issues</a> <a href="/psalms/65-8.htm">Outgoings</a> <a href="/psalms/68-19.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/57-3.htm">Saves</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/psalms/67-2.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/82-8.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/psalms/89-18.htm">Belongeth</a> <a href="/psalms/89-18.htm">Belongs</a> <a href="/psalms/72-13.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/72-4.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/psalms/74-12.htm">Deliverances</a> <a href="/psalms/71-2.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-13.htm">Escapes</a> <a href="/psalms/68-33.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/68-24.htm">Goings</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Issues</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Outgoings</a> <a href="/psalms/69-13.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/72-13.htm">Saves</a> <a href="/psalms/71-5.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/psalms/68-21.htm">Ways</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'; 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In the Old Testament, God is frequently depicted as delivering His people from various forms of bondage and oppression, such as the Israelites' exodus from Egypt (Exodus 14). The Hebrew word for deliverance often implies salvation or rescue, indicating God's active role in saving His people. This deliverance is not only physical but also spiritual, pointing to the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, Jesus is seen as the fulfillment of God's promise of deliverance, offering salvation from sin and eternal death (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-17</a>).<p><b>the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.</b><br>This phrase highlights God's power over life and death, a central tenet of Christian faith. In the historical context, death was often seen as the ultimate enemy, and God's ability to rescue from death underscores His sovereignty and omnipotence. This is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus' resurrection is the ultimate demonstration of God's power over death (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-55.htm">1 Corinthians 15:55-57</a>). The phrase also connects to the hope of eternal life promised to believers, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a>, where Jesus declares Himself the resurrection and the life. This assurance of rescue from death provides comfort and hope to believers, affirming God's control over the finality of death and His promise of eternal life through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Elohim)</a></b><br>The supreme being, creator, and sustainer of the universe, who is characterized by His power to deliver and save.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/lord_god.htm">Lord GOD (Adonai Yahweh)</a></b><br>A title emphasizing God's sovereignty and covenant relationship with His people, highlighting His role as a personal and powerful rescuer.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance.htm">Deliverance</a></b><br>The act of being saved or rescued, particularly from peril or death, which is a central theme in this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/death.htm">Death</a></b><br>Represents both physical death and spiritual separation from God, from which God provides rescue.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/psalmist.htm">Psalmist (David)</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed to King David, who often wrote about God's deliverance in his life and the life of Israel.<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>Recognize that God alone has the power to deliver us from both physical and spiritual death. Trust in His sovereignty and His plan for salvation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_relationship_with_god.htm">Personal Relationship with God</a></b><br>Emphasize the importance of a personal relationship with God, who is not only a distant deity but a personal Lord who rescues His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_eternal_life.htm">Hope in Eternal Life</a></b><br>Encourage believers to find hope in the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ, who has conquered death and offers us eternal deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/daily_dependence_on_god.htm">Daily Dependence on God</a></b><br>Cultivate a daily dependence on God for deliverance from life's challenges, knowing that He is our constant rescuer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/witnessing_god's_deliverance.htm">Witnessing God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Share testimonies of God's deliverance in your life as a way to encourage others and glorify God.<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_lacks_deliverance_in_psalm_88.htm">If the Old Testament often portrays God rescuing the faithful, why does Psalm 88 contain no promise of deliverance at all?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_necromancy.htm">What is the Bible's stance on necromancy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_20_7_vs._god's_battle_commands.htm">Psalm 20:7 - Does this portrayal of military reliance contradict biblical accounts where God commands battle preparations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_faithful_still_suffer.htm">Psalm 20:1 - If this verse promises divine help in trouble, why do so many faithful people still suffer without apparent intervention?</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>(20) <span class= "bld">He that is.</span>--The insertion is unnecessary. Render, <span class= "ital">God unto us </span>(<span class= "ital">i.e., our God</span>)<span class= "ital"> is a God of salvation.</span><p><span class= "bld">Issues from death.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">for death goings out. </span>The same word rendered <span class= "ital">issues </span>in <a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm" title="Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.">Proverbs 4:23</a>, there means <span class= "ital">sources. </span>Here it will mean <span class= "ital">sources of death, </span>or <span class= "ital">escapes from death </span>as we connect the clause with what precedes or follows; Jehovah would provide an <span class= "ital">issue out of death </span>for Israel, but a <span class= "ital">source of death </span>to Israel's enemies. The LXX. and Vulgate apparently take it in the former connection.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/68.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He that is our God is the God of salvation;</span> rather, <span class="accented">God is to us a God of saving deeds</span> (Kay), or <span class="accented">of deliverances</span> (Revised Version); <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. net of salvation only in the abstract (ver. 19), but of deeds by which we are saved. <span class="cmt_word">And unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.</span> It is through God only that, when death threatens, men escape it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/68-20.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">Our God</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֤אֵ֣ל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] a God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֤ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of deliverance;</span><br /><span class="heb">לְֽמוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·wō·šā·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4190.htm">Strong's 4190: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deliverance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֑י</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">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֵיהוִ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is our] rescuer</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹצָאֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·ṣā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8444.htm">Strong's 8444: </a> </span><span class="str2">An outgoing, extremity, perhaps source, escape</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from death.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַ֝מָּ֗וֶת</span> <span class="translit">(lam·mā·weṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/68-20.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 68:20 God is to us a God (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/68-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 68:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 68:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/68-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 68:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 68:21" /></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>