Psalm 68:13

Psalm 68:13 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

13Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,68:13 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,

its feathers with shining gold.”

13 68:13 Lit IfWhen you lie down among the sheepfolds,

You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And its pinions with 68:13 I.e., gold alloyed with silverglistening gold.

13 Lit IfWhen you lie down among the Or cooking stones or saddle bagssheepfolds,

You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And its pinions with glistening gold.

13When you lie down [to rest] among the 68:13 Or cooking stones or saddlebags.sheepfolds,

You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver,

Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

13Though you lie down among the sheepfolds,

the wings of the dove are covered with silver,

and her feathers with shimmering gold.”

13Even while the soldiers sleep near the sheep pens,

God wins the battle for them.

He gives the enemy’s silver and gold

to Israel, his dove.”