6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.


In Context

3 But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!

5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

6 God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

7 God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.

8 The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai— at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Psalm 68:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

68:6God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

68:6God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

68:6God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

68:6God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

68:6God — causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only — the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

68:6God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.