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Psalms 68:4

NETBible	Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds!¹ For the Lord is his name!² Rejoice before him!
NIV © biblegateway Psa 68:4	Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds— his name is the LORD—and rejoice before him.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 68:4	Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the LORD, and exult before Him.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 68:4	Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the LORD––rejoice in his presence!
MSG © biblegateway Psa 68:4	Sing hymns to God; all heaven, sing out; clear the way for the coming of Cloud-Rider. Enjoy GOD, cheer when you see him!
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 68:4	Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 68:4	Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds—his name is the LORD—be exultant before him.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 68:4	Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name YAH, And rejoice before Him.
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KJV	Sing <07891> (8798) unto God <0430>_, sing praises <02167> (8761) to his name <08034>_: extol <05549> (8798) him that rideth <07392> (8802) upon the heavens <06160> by his name <08034> JAH <03050>_, and rejoice <05937> (8798) before <06440> him.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 68:4	Sing <07891> to God <0430> , sing <02167> praises <02167> to His name <08034> ; Lift <05549> up a song for Him who rides <07392> through the deserts <06160> , Whose name <08034> is the LORD <03050> , and exult <05937> before <06440> Him.
LXXM	(67:5) asate <103> V-AAD-2P tw <3588> T-DSM yew <2316> N-DSM qalate {V-AAD-2P} tw <3588> T-DSN onomati <3686> N-DSN autou <846> D-GSM odopoihsate {V-AAD-2P} tw <3588> T-DSM epibebhkoti <1910> V-RAPDS epi <1909> PREP dusmwn <1424> N-GPF kuriov <2962> N-NSM onoma <3686> N-NSN autw <846> D-DSM kai <2532> CONJ agalliasye {V-PMI-2P} enwpion <1799> PREP autou <846> D-GSM taracyhsontai <5015> V-FPI-3P apo <575> PREP proswpou <4383> N-GSN autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	Sing <07891> to God <0430> ! Sing praises <02167> to his name <08034> ! Exalt <05549> the one who rides <07392> on the clouds <06160> ! For the Lord <03050> is his name <08034> ! Rejoice <05937> before <06440> him!
HEBREW	wynpl <06440> wzlew <05937> wms <08034> hyb <03050> twbreb <06160> bkrl <07392> wlo <05549> wms <08034> wrmz <02167> Myhlal <0430> wrys <07891> (68:4) <68:5>

NETBible

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds!¹ For the Lord is his name!² Rejoice before him!

NET Notes

¹tn Traditionally the Hebrew term עֲרָבוֹת (’aravot) is taken as “steppe-lands” (often rendered “deserts”), but here the form is probably a homonym meaning “clouds.” Verse 33, which depicts God as the one who “rides on the sky” strongly favors this (see as well Deut 33:26), as does the reference in v. 9 to God as the source of rain. The term עֲרָבָה (’aravah, “cloud”) is cognate with Akkadian urpatu/erpetu and with Ugaritic ’rpt. The phrase rkb ’rpt (“one who rides on the clouds”) appears in Ugaritic mythological texts as an epithet of the storm god Baal. The nonphonemic interchange of the bilabial consonants b and p is attested elsewhere in roots common to Hebrew and Ugaritic, though the phenomenon is relatively rare.

²tc Heb “in the Lord his name.” If the MT is retained, the preposition -בְ (bet) is introducing the predicate (the so-called bet of identity), “the Lord is his name.” However, some prefer to emend the text to כִּי יָהּ שְׁמוֹ (ki yah shÿmo, “for Yah is his name”). This emendation, reflected in the present translation, assumes a confusion of bet (ב) and kaf (כ) and haplography of yod (י).