You have ascended on high.
You have led away captives.
You have received gifts among people,
yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD† God might dwell there.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 68:18 in context
Psalms 68:15–21
15
The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains.
The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
16
Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains,
at the mountain where God chooses to reign?
Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.
17
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands.
The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
18
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You have ascended on high.
You have led away captives.
You have received gifts among people,
yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD† God might dwell there.
19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens,
even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
20
God is to us a God of deliverance.
To GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
21
But God will strike through the head of his enemies,
the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
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- Hebrew: יה Yah
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