# Psalms 68.11 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 9. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 10. Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor. > > **11. The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.** > > 12. Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil. 13. When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold. (Psalms 68:9-13, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 9. You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary. 10. Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor. > > **11. The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.** > > 12. “Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder, 13. while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold. (Psalms 68:9-13, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 9. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. send: Heb. shake out confirm: Heb. confirm it 10. Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. > > **11. The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. company: Heb. army** > > 12. Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. did: Heb. did flee, did flee 13. Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. (Psalms 68:9-13, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 9. A shower of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it. 10. Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God. > > **11. The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers [are] a numerous host.** > > 12. Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil. 13. Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold. (Psalms 68:9-13, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** David (per superscription); processional / triumphal psalm - **Audience:** Israel in liturgical procession celebrating YHWH's victory - **Location:** Jerusalem (likely Zion-procession context) - **Time period:** Davidic monarchy (c. 1010-970 BC) ## Theological reading Psalm 68:11 is one of the OT's most striking *basar*-deployments because the participle is *feminine plural*: *ha-mevasserot tzava rav*, "the *women* who publish the tidings are a great host." The Lord *gives the word* (the victorious decree); the announcement of the victory then spreads across a multitude of female heralds. The verse echoes the OT tradition of women leading the victory-song after God's deliverance (Miriam at the Sea, Ex 15:20-21; Deborah at Megiddo, Judg 5; the women greeting Saul and David, 1 Sam 18:6-7). The verse's significance for *basar*-theology is its democratizing reach: the herald-function is not confined to a single prophetic figure but spreads as a *great host* announcing what God has done. The NT echo is the *great multitude* of heralds-of-the-gospel envisioned in the apostolic missions tradition. ## Key words - [H1319 - basar](/codex/h1319-basar/), *basar*, *ha-mevasserot*, "the women bringing the tidings" ## See also - [H1319 - basar](/codex/h1319-basar/), the lexical hub - [Psalms](/codex/psalms/), book hub ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.