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Psalm 68:19–21

19 Praise the Lord; praise God our savior!

For each day he carries us in his arms.

Interlude

20 Our God is a God who saves!

The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death.

21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies,

crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways.

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Psalm 68:19–21 — The New International Version (NIV)

19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,

who daily bears our burdens.

20 Our God is a God who saves;

from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.

21 Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,

the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

Psalm 68:19–21 — English Standard Version (ESV)

19 Blessed be the Lord,

who daily bears us up;

God is our salvation. Selah

20 Our God is a God of salvation,

and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

21 But God will strike the heads of his enemies,

the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

Psalm 68:19–21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

19 Blessed be the Lord,

Who daily loadeth us with benefits,

Even the God of our salvation. Selah.

20 He that is our God is the God of salvation;

And unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies,

And the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

Psalm 68:19–21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

19 Blessed be the Lord,

Who daily loads us with benefits,

The God of our salvation!

Selah

20 Our God is the God of salvation;

And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.

21 But God will wound the head of His enemies,

The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.

Psalm 68:19–21 — New Century Version (NCV)

19 Praise the Lord, God our Savior,

who helps us every day.

Selah

20 Our God is a God who saves us;

the Lord God saves us from death.

21 God will crush his enemies’ heads,

the hairy skulls of those who continue to sin.

Psalm 68:19–21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden,

Even the God who is our salvation. Selah

20 God is unto us a God of deliverances;

And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

21 But God will smite through the head of his enemies,

The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

Psalm 68:19–21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

19 Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the •God who is our salvation. Selah. 20 Our •God is the •God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth even from death. 21 Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.

Psalm 68:19–21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

19 Thanks be to the Lord, 

who daily carries our burdens for us. 

God is our salvation. 

Selah 

20 Our God is the God of victories. 

The Almighty Lord is our escape from death. 

21 Certainly, God will crush the heads of his enemies 

⸤and destroy even⸥ the hair on the heads 

of those who continue to be guilty. 

Psalm 68:19–21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 May the Lord be praised!

Day after day He bears our burdens;

God is our salvation. Selah

20 Our God is a God of salvation,

and escape from death belongs to the Lord God.

21 Surely God crushes the heads of His enemies,

the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.

Psalm 68:19–21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

19 Blessed be the Lord,

who daily bears us up;

God is our salvation. Selah

20 Our God is a God of salvation,

and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

21 But God will shatter the heads of his enemies,

the hairy crown of those who walk in their guilty ways.

Psalm 68:19–21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19 Blessed be the Lord. Daily he loads us with benefits,

the God of our salvation. Selah

20 Our God is a God of deliverances,

and to the Yahweh the Lord belong escapes from death.

21 But God will shatter the head of his enemies,

the hairy scalp of the one who continues on in his guilt.

Psalm 68:19–21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

19 Give praise to the Lord. Give praise to God our Savior.

He carries our heavy loads day after day. Selah

20 Our God is a God who saves.

He is the King and the Lord. He saves us from death.

21 God will certainly smash the heads of his enemies.

He will break the hairy heads of those who keep on sinning.

Psalm 68:19–21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden,

The God who is our salvation.

Selah.

20 God is to us a God of deliverances;

And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.

21 Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,

The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.


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