Psalm 68:1 “God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His…”

Psalm 68:1

God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

World English Bible

Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.

American Standard Version

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him.

Geneva Bible 1599

To him that excelleth. A Psalme or song of David. God will arise, and his enemies shalbe scattered: they also that hate him, shall flee before him.

Darby Translation

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.

Young's Literal Translation

To the Overseer. — A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God — scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

Bible in Basic English

Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

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Cross references

“God arise”

Numbers 10:35 Psalm 44:26 Isaiah 33:3 Psalm 78:65–68 2 Chronicles 6:41 Psalm 7:6

Numbers 10:35 · BSB

Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

Psalm 44:26 · BSB

Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

Isaiah 33:3 · BSB

The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.

Psalm 78:65–68 · BSB

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

2 Chronicles 6:41 · BSB

Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

Psalm 7:6 · BSB

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

“be scattered”

Psalm 89:10 Psalm 68:14 Psalm 68:30 Psalm 59:11 Daniel 2:35 Ezekiel 5:2

Psalm 89:10 · BSB

You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Psalm 68:14 · BSB

When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.

Psalm 68:30 · BSB

Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

Psalm 59:11 · BSB

Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Daniel 2:35 · BSB

Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the s…

Ezekiel 5:2 · BSB

When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For…

“that hate”

Psalm 21:8 Deuteronomy 7:10 Exodus 20:5 John 14:23 John 14:24

Psalm 21:8 · BSB

Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

Deuteronomy 7:10 · BSB

But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

John 14:23 · BSB

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

John 14:24 · BSB

Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

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