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God (A)causes the lonely to inhabit a home;
He (B)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only (C)the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

O God, when You (D)went forth before Your people,
When You (E)marched through the wasteland, [a]Selah.
The (F)earth quaked;
The (G)heavens also dripped rain at the presence of God;
[b](H)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:7 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  2. Psalm 68:8 Lit This is Sinai which

God sets the lonely(A) in families,[a](B)
    he leads out the prisoners(C) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.(D)

When you, God, went out(E) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,[b](F)
the earth shook,(G) the heavens poured down rain,(H)
    before God, the One of Sinai,(I)
    before God, the God of Israel.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland
  2. Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.