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Psalms 68:35
O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly in a liturgical declaration, immediately following a call to ascribe power to Him whose majesty rules over Israel and whose strength fills the skies.
The words — נֹרָא (no.Ra') denotes what is to be feared or awesome, and עֹז ('oz) denotes strength or power, anchoring the verse’s claim that God’s terrifying presence in the sanctuary actively bestows might to His people.
The thread — This motif of divine strength given to His people runs through Psalms 29:11, Colossians 1:11, and Philippians 4:13.
Why it lands — The text states that God Himself provides strength and power to His people, requiring a reader to acknowledge that human endurance depends entirely on divine provision rather than self-sufficiency.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Cross-references
- Psalms 29:11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
- Colossians 1:11 being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
- Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Psalms 65:5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Zechariah 10:12 I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
- Nehemiah 1:5 Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Revelation 6:16 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
- Psalms 66:5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
- Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.