Psalms 68:20

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

American Standard Version (1901)

God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

Bible in Basic English

Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.

Free Bible Version

For us, God is a God who saves. The Lord God provides our escape from death.

Geneva Bible 1599

This is our God, euen the God that saueth vs: and to the Lord God belong the issues of death.

King James (Authorized) Version

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

One Unity Resource Bible

God is to us a God of deliverance. To Adonai , the Lord, belongs escape from death.

Translation for Translators

Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who ◄allows us to escape/prevents us► from being killed in battles.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Our God is a God who saves; Yahweh the Lord is the one who is able to rescue us from death.

Noah Webster Bible

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to God the LORD belong the issues from death.

World English Bible

God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

Young's Literal Translation

God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of death.

Context

God’s Enemies Are Scattered

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah ²⁰Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death. ²¹Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

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Summary

This verse in Psalms acknowledges God as the God of salvation, who rescues His people from death and delivers them from the power of the grave. It highlights God's sovereignty over life and death, emphasizing His ability to save and protect His chosen ones. The verse inspires trust and confidence in God's power to deliver His people from all forms of danger and destruction. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and His willingness to intervene on behalf of those who call upon Him in times of trouble. Ultimately, it points to the hope and assurance found in God's saving grace and protection.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

He that is our God,.... Or "God for us" (q); is on our side; and is the mighty God, able to save to the uttermost; is the God of salvation; or "God for salvations" (r); for the obtaining of them for his people, and giving them to them, even of every kind; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death; deliverance from it; Christ has abolished it, and him that had the power of it; has delivered himself from it, and will deliver all his people from it, though they become subject to it, as well as from eternal death; for he has the keys of hell and death in his hands. Some render the words, "to God the Lord belong the issues", or "ways unto death" (s); he has various ways of bringing persons to death, of destroying his and his people's enemies; and so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi interpret it; though the following words seem to be opposed to these: the Heathens had a notion that the power of death belonged to God; hence they had a deity called the god of death, "Dites" (t). (q) "Deus nobis, vel est nobis", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator. (r) "Deus ad salutes", Pagninus, Montanus, &c. (s) "ad mortem exitus", Pagninus, Montanus; "mille viae laethi", Lucan. (t) Macrob. in Somn. Scip. l. 1. c. 11.