KJV King James Version
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
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Psalm 68:10
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
WEB World English Bible
Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.
Surrounding context — Psalm 68
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: [even] Sinai itself [was moved] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].
12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
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Deuteronomy 26:9-10And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, [even] a land that floweth with milk and honey.Psalm 74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.Psalm 65:9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.Exodus 19:5-6Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:Deuteronomy 26:5And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:Psalm 74:1-2Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?Numbers 16:3And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?1 Peter 5:3Neither as being lords over [God’s] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.Deuteronomy 32:8-14When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.Psalm 78:20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?Job 5:10-11Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
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