Psalms 68:23

23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

Psalms 68:23 in Other Translations

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

23 that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe."

23 You, my people, will wash your feet in their blood, and even your dogs will get their share!”

23 You can wade through your enemies' blood, and your dogs taste of your enemies from your boots.

23 so that your foot may wade in blood and your dogs' tongues may have their share from the enemies."

Psalms 68:23 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 68:23

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies,
&c.] This verse is in connection with ( Psalms 68:21 ) , with ( Psalms 68:23 ) being to be read in a parenthesis: the sense is, that the Messiah would so wound the head and hairy scalp of his people's enemies, and there should be such a large effusion of blood, that their feet should be dipped therein, ( Revelation 14:20 ) ; (See Gill on Psalms 58:10);

[and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same;
who should lick it up, as the dogs licked the blood of Jezebel, ( 1 Kings 21:19 ) ( 2 Kings 9:35 2 Kings 9:36 ) ; and so such a carnage will be made of antichrist and his followers, that the fowls of the heavens will be called upon to eat the flesh of kings, captains, and mighty ones, ( Revelation 19:17 Revelation 19:18 ) .

Psalms 68:23 In-Context

21 Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

22 The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

24 Your procession, God, has come into view, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.

25 In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 58:10
• 2. S 1 Kings 21:19; S 2 Kings 9:36