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Psalm 68:22
The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,
20God is to us a God of deliverance. To GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
21But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
22The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,
23that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
24They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
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Bashan and the sea’s depths mark the reach of the Lord’s promise, yet the bloodshed in the next line makes that promise hard to read.
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Numbers 21:33They turned and went up by the way of Bashan. Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.Both name Bashan in a setting of conflict; Numbers identifies Og as the king who came out to battle Israel.
Micah 7:15“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.”Both contain the Lord’s promise to act; Micah names the departure from Egypt, while the psalm names Bashan and the sea’s depths.
Ezekiel 36:24“‘“For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.Both speak of God bringing people back, though Ezekiel specifies return to their land and the psalm places its promise amid battle.
Isaiah 11:12He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the …Both describe people being brought from distant places, though Isaiah names Israel and Judah and the psalm leaves the returning group less clear.
Isaiah 11:11–16It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, …Both use the language of return and name places within the Lord’s reach; Isaiah identifies those recovered as the remnant of his people.
Exodus 14:22The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.Both name the sea as a place people emerge from or pass through; Exodus specifies Israel’s passage on dry ground.
Isaiah 51:10–11Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?Both name the depths of the sea; Isaiah describes a passage for the redeemed, while the psalm promises return within a battle setting.
Amos 9:2–3Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.Both portray God bringing people from places beyond human reach, with judgment forming the setting of that action.
Exodus 14:29But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.Both describe movement involving the sea; Exodus names Israel walking between walls of water, while the psalm speaks of return from its depths.
Isaiah 27:12It will happen in that day that the LORD will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt; and you will be gathered one by one, …Both describe people being brought from named places; Isaiah specifies Israel’s gathering, while the psalm’s promise stands within a scene of judgment.
Jeremiah 23:5–8“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and …The connection is broad: the psalm’s battle setting concerns divine judgment, while Jeremiah promises a king who will execute justice.
Hosea 1:10–11Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where …The shared sea imagery is limited: the psalm names its depths, while Hosea compares Israel’s numbers to its sand.
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Who is brought back is disputed. The surrounding bloodshed places this promise within a battle song, where the Lord’s reach extends even to the sea’s depths.
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