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Psa 68:1 — [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David.]] Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 2962. B.C. 1042.
(Title)		This magnificent and truly sublime ode is supposed, with much probability, to have been composed by David, and sung at the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim
God arise		Psa 7:6,7; Psa 44:26; Psa 78:65-68; Psa 132:8,9; Num 10:35; 2Ch 6:41; Isa 33:3; Isa 42:13,14; Isa 51:9,10
be scattered		Psa 68:14,30; Psa 59:11; Psa 89:10; Isa 41:15,16; Eze 5:2; Eze 12:14,15; Dan 2:35
that hate		Psa 21:8; Exd 20:5; Deu 7:10; Jhn 14:23,24
before him		Heb. from his face.

Correlating Passages

God arise

	Psa 7:6	Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded.
	Psa 7:7	So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
	Psa 44:26	Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
	Psa 78:65	Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
	Psa 78:66	And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
	Psa 78:67	Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
	Psa 78:68	But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
	Psa 132:8	Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
	Psa 132:9	Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
	Num 10:35	And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
	2Ch 6:41	Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
	Isa 33:3	At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
	Isa 42:13	The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
	Isa 42:14	I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
	Isa 51:9	Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not it that hath cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon?
	Isa 51:10	[Art] 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?

be scattered

	Psa 68:14	When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.
	Psa 68:30	Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, [till every one] submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in war.
	Psa 59:11	Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
	Psa 89:10	Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
	Isa 41:15	Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat [them] small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
	Isa 41:16	Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, [and] shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
	Eze 5:2	Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, [and] smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
	Eze 12:14	And I will scatter toward every wind all that [are] about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
	Eze 12:15	And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
	Dan 2:35	Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

that hate

	Psa 21:8	Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
	Exd 20:5	Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
	Deu 7:10	And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
	Jhn 14:23	Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
	Jhn 14:24	He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 68:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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