KJV King James Version
[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.
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Psalm 68:20
[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
WEB World English Bible
God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
ASV American Standard Version
God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
God Himself is to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of death.
Surrounding context — Psalm 68
17 The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them].
19 Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits, even] the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 [He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
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Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand.Revelation 1:18[I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.John 5:21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.Isaiah 12:2Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.1 Samuel 2:6The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.Psalm 118:17-18I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.Psalm 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?John 5:28-29Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,John 11:25-26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:Isaiah 45:17-22[But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.Hosea 1:7But 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.Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.Hebrews 2:14-15Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.John 4:22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.John 5:23That all [men] should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
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