Mazmur 68:7

68:7 O God, when you lead your people into battle, ¹ 

when you march through the desert, ²  (Selah)

Yesaya 41:17

41:17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched from thirst.

I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; ³ 

I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

[68:7]  ¹ tn Heb “when you go out before your people.” The Hebrew idiom “go out before” is used here in a militaristic sense of leading troops into battle (see Judg 4:14; 9:39; 2 Sam 5:24).

[68:7]  ² sn When you march through the desert. Some interpreters think that v. 7 alludes to Israel’s exodus from Egypt and its subsequent travels in the desert. Another option is that v. 7, like v. 8, echoes Judg 5:4, which describes how the God of Sinai marched across the desert regions to do battle with Sisera and his Canaanite army.

[41:17]  ³ tn Heb “will answer them” (so ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).