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Psalm 68:10
Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
8The 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.
9You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.
10Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
11The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
12“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,
Notice
The poor receive goodness God has prepared, a concrete expression of his care within the account of a congregation settling where he has provided.
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What changes in your view of poverty when the poor are named as recipients of God's goodness?
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Psalm 74:19Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.Both passages bring the poor before God: Psalm 68 recounts his provision, while Psalm 74 pleads that he remember their lives.
Deuteronomy 26:9–10and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.Both passages recount God's provision of a place for his people to live, with goodness attached to that dwelling.
Matthew 11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.The poor receive explicit attention in both passages: goodness prepared by God in the psalm, and good news preached in Matthew.
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars …Both passages describe God acting for the poor, preparing goodness for them in the psalm and raising them from the dust in Samuel.
Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.Both passages describe God's provision for people in need, naming the poor in the psalm and the hungry in Luke.
Deuteronomy 15:14You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press. As the LORD your God has blessed you, you shall …Psalm 68 recounts God's goodness toward those in need; Deuteronomy commands those God has blessed to give from their provision.
Psalm 78:20Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”Both concern God's provision for his people, though Psalm 68 recounts his goodness and Psalm 78 records questions about his ability to provide.
Deuteronomy 32:8–14When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of …Both concern places where people live under God's rule, though Deuteronomy speaks of nations' boundaries and Psalm 68 of his congregation's dwelling.
Psalm 65:9You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.Psalm 68's surrounding lines connect provision with rain; Psalm 65 also describes God watering the earth and providing food.
Psalm 74:1–2A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?Both address God about people who belong to him, though Psalm 68 recounts provision and Psalm 74 voices distress over apparent rejection.
Job 5:10–11who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;The rain preceding Psalm 68:10 and the rain described in Job both come from God to the earth.
Exodus 19:5–6Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;Both speak of a people belonging to God; Exodus states covenant obedience as a condition, while Psalm 68 recounts provision for his congregation.
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Encouragement
Your need does not place you beyond God's concern. In this account of his people's dwelling place, the poor receive specific mention: God prepared goodness for them.
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