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Psalm 68:7

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

5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
7God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
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.
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The wilderness is remembered here as ground God marched through before his people, a memory that can challenge the fear of being left without a leader.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Exodus 13:21The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by …Both describe God going before his people; Exodus names the cloud and fire through which he led them.
Judges 5:4“LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.Both address God with the language of going out and marching, recalling his movement through a named landscape.
Judges 4:14Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t the LORD gone out before you?” So Barak went down …Both speak of God going before his people; Deborah uses that assurance as Barak prepares to enter battle.
Habakkuk 3:12–13You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.Both portray God as marching through earthly terrain; Habakkuk names the wrath that accompanies his march.
Deuteronomy 4:34Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched …Both remember God taking the initiative for his people, making his deeds central to the account of their history.
Psalm 114:1–8When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,Both recall Israel on the move: Psalm 114 names the departure from Egypt, while Psalm 68 remembers the wilderness.
Micah 2:13He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. Their king passes on before them, with the LORD at their head.Both portray the LORD ahead of his people, with Micah describing him at their head as they go out.
Habakkuk 3:13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to …Both address God as the one who went out for his people; Habakkuk names their salvation as his purpose.
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Thank God for leading his people through the wilderness

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Encouragement

The wilderness was part of Israel's history with God. Their weariness did not mean he was absent; the song remembers him going before his people.

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