Psalm 68:1
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
Cross-references
Psalm 68:30 continues the same psalm, directly calling to 'scatter the peoples' — reinforcing the theme of God scattering enemies.
Psalm 89:10 explicitly says God 'scattered your enemies' — a direct parallel to the scattering in Psalm 68:1.
Psalm 78:65-68 depicts God awakening to rout his adversaries, paralleling the 'arise and scatter' theme of Psalm 68:1.
Psalm 7:6 cries 'Arise, O Lord' against enemies, directly paralleling the opening of Psalm 68:1 where God arises and scatters foes.
In Psalm 21:8, God's hand finds all enemies and haters — reinforcing the same theme of divine pursuit against those who oppose Him.
In Psalm 104:35, the wish for sinners to vanish from the earth parallels the desire for enemies to be scattered — both seek the removal of the wicked.
In Psalm 92:9, it declares that God's enemies will perish and be scattered — a nearly identical statement to the prayer in 68:1.
In Psalm 83:13, enemies are likened to chaff blown away — a vivid image of scattering that directly echoes the prayer in 68:1.
In Psalm 5:10, the psalmist calls for God to banish the wicked — a parallel plea for divine judgment and scattering of enemies.
In Psalm 9:3, enemies stumble and perish before God — the same image of enemies fleeing in defeat as in the scattering prayer.
In Psalm 9:19, the cry 'Arise, O LORD' mirrors the call for God to rise and judge the nations — a similar plea for divine intervention.
Psalm 44:26 echoes the same cry 'Rise up' for deliverance, though in a lament context rather than a victory procession.
Isaiah 41:16 says 'the wind shall scatter them' — a vivid parallel to enemies being scattered when God arises.
Deuteronomy 7:10 explicitly says God repays those who hate Him to their face — echoing the scattering of haters here.
Numbers 10:35 is the source of this exact prayer — Moses' cry when the ark moved, quoted verbatim in Psalm 68:1.
1 Samuel 2:10 says the LORD's adversaries are broken to pieces — matching the fate of enemies scattered here.
Judges 5:31 prays that all God's enemies perish — a direct parallel to the scattering of enemies here.
Isaiah 31:2 describes God arising against evildoers — directly echoing the same imagery of divine intervention against enemies.
Leviticus 26:17 reverses this: God's people flee from enemies, whereas here God's enemies flee from Him.
Exodus 20:5 uses the same phrase 'those who hate me' in the context of idolatry — showing God's jealousy against haters across covenants.
Isaiah 33:3 describes nations scattering when God lifts himself up, paralleling the effect of God's arising in Psalm 68:1.
Isaiah 42:13 portrays God as a warrior stirring up zeal against foes, similar to the arising and scattering in Psalm 68:1.
Isaiah 51:9 calls on God's arm to awake and defeat enemies, echoing the 'arise' theme of Psalm 68:1.