Psalms 68:25-26

Context

68:25 Singers walk in front;

musicians follow playing their stringed instruments,¹

in the midst of young women playing tambourines.²

68:26 In your large assemblies praise God,

the Lord, in the assemblies of Israel!³

[68:25] ¹tn Heb “after [are] the stringed instrument players.”

[68:25] ²sn To celebrate a military victory, women would play tambourines (see Exod 15:20; Judg 11:34; 1 Sam 18:6).

[68:26] ³tn Heb “from the fountain of Israel,” which makes little, if any, sense here. The translation assumes an emendation to בְּמִקְרָאֵי (bÿmiqra’ey, “in the assemblies of [Israel]”).