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Psalms 68:1

Psalms 68:1 is verse 1 of Psalms chapter 68, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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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.

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Psalms 68:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

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

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

3 But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 7:6

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

Psalms 7:7

Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.

Psalms 44:26

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

Psalms 78:65

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

Psalms 78:66

He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.

Psalms 78:67

He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.

Psalms 78:68

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

Psalms 132:8

Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

Psalms 132:9

May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

Numbers 10:35

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.”

2 Chronicles 6:41

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.

Isaiah 33:3

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

Isaiah 42:13

The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:

Isaiah 42:14

“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

Isaiah 51:9

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Isaiah 51:10

Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

Psalms 68:14

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

Psalms 68:30

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.

Psalms 59:11

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

Psalms 89:10

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

Isaiah 41:15

Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

Isaiah 41:16

You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 5:2

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 I will unleash a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 12:14

And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

Ezekiel 12:15

And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

Daniel 2:35

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 statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Psalms 21:8

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

Exodus 20:5

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,

Deuteronomy 7:10

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.

John 14:23

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

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.

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