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Psalms Chapter 68
Overview
Psa 68:1, A prayer at the removing of the ark; Psa 68:4, An exhortation to praise God for his mercies; Psa 68:7, for his care of the church; Psa 68:19, for his great works.
am 2962, bc 1042 (Title), This magnificent and truly sublime ode is supposed, with much probability, to have been composed by David, and sung at the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim.
God arise: Psa 7:6, Psa 7:7, Psa 44:26, Psa 78:65-68, Psa 132:8, Psa 132:9; Num 10:35; Ch2 6:41; Isa 33:3; Isa 42:13, Isa 42:14, Isa 51:9, Isa 51:10
be scattered: Psa 68:14, Psa 68:30, Psa 59:11, Psa 89:10; Isa 41:15, Isa 41:16; Eze 5:2, Eze 12:14, Eze 12:15; Dan 2:35
that hate: Psa 21:8; Exo 20:5; Deu 7:10; Joh 14:23, Joh 14:24
before him: Heb. from his face
As smoke: Psa 37:20; Isa 9:18; Hos 13:3
as wax: Psa 97:5; Isa 64:2; Mic 1:4, in the presence, Psa 76:7, Psa 80:16; Nah 1:5, Nah 1:6; Th2 1:8, Th2 1:9; Rev 6:16, Rev 6:17
But: Psa 32:11, Psa 33:1, Psa 58:10, Psa 64:10, Psa 97:12; Rev 18:20, Rev 19:7
rejoice: Psa 95:1, Psa 95:2, Psa 98:8, Psa 98:9, Psa 100:1, Psa 100:2; Deu 12:12; Th1 5:16
exceedingly rejoice: Heb. rejoice with gladness, Psa 21:1, Psa 43:4; Pe1 1:8
Sing unto God: Psa 66:4, Psa 67:4; Isa 12:4-6
rideth: Psa 68:33, Psa 18:10, Psa 104:3; Deu 33:26; Isa 19:1
his name: Exo 3:14, Exo 6:3, Exo 6:8
JAH: יה, JAH, is an abbreviation of יהוה, JEHOVAH and signifies self-existence. - He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all.
A father: Psa 10:14, Psa 10:18, Psa 82:3, Psa 82:4, Psa 146:9; Job 31:16, Job 31:17; Jer 49:11; Hos 14:3
a judge: Psa 72:2, Psa 72:4; Deu 10:18; Job 29:12, Job 29:13; Isa 1:23; Jer 5:28; Luk 18:2-7; Eph 5:1
in his: Psa 33:14; Ch2 6:2, Ch2 30:27; Isa 57:15, Isa 66:1; Act 7:48, Act 7:49
God: Psa 107:10, Psa 107:41, Psa 113:9; Sa1 2:5; Gal 4:27
families: Heb. a house
he bringeth: Psa 107:10, Psa 107:14, Psa 146:7; Isa 61:1; Acts 12:6-25
the rebellious: Psa 107:34, Psa 107:40; Deu 28:23, Deu 28:24; Hos 2:3; Mal 1:3
O God: Psa 114:1-8; Exo 13:21; Deu 4:34; Jdg 4:14; Hab 3:13
thou didst: Jdg 5:4; Mic 2:13; Hab 3:12
earth: Psa 77:18, Psa 114:7; Isa 64:1, Isa 64:3; Hab 3:13; Heb 12:26; Rev 11:19
Sinai: Exo 19:16, Exo 19:18; Deu 5:23-25
the God: Psa 68:35, Psa 41:13; Isa 45:3
didst: Psa 65:9-13, Psa 77:16, Psa 77:17, Psa 78:24-27; Deu 11:10-12, Deu 11:14; Eze 34:26
send: Heb. shake out
confirm thine inheritance: Heb. confirm it.
Thy congregation: Psa 74:1, Psa 74:2, Psa 74:19; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Num 16:3; Pe1 5:3
thou: Deu 26:5, Deu 26:9, Deu 26:10, Deu 32:8-14; Sa1 2:8; Job 5:10, Job 5:11; Mat 11:5; Luk 1:53
Lord: Psa 40:3; Exo 14:15, Exo 17:9-16; Judg. 4:6-24; Eph 4:11
company: Heb. army, Psa 68:25; Exo 15:20; Judg. 5:1-31; Rev 19:13
Kings: Exo 14:25; Num 31:8, Num 31:9, Num 31:54; Jos 10:16, Jos 10:42, Jos 12:7, 8-24; Jdg 5:19; Rev 6:15; Rev 19:17-20
did flee: she, Num 31:27; Sa1 30:24
did flee apace: Heb. did flee
Though: That is, probably, "Though ye have laboured and lain down between the brick-kilns in Egypt - a poor, enslaved, and oppressed people, yet ye shall gradually rise to dignity, prosperity, and splendour; as a dove, which has been defiled with dirt, disordered, and dejected, by washing herself in a running stream, and trimming her plumage, gradually recovers the serenity of her disposition, the purity of colour, and the richness and varied elegance of her appearance."
ye have: Psa 81:6; Exo 1:14; Co1 6:9-11, Co1 12:2; Eph 2:1-3; Tit 3:3
the wings: Psa 74:19, Psa 105:37, Psa 149:4; Kg1 4:20, Kg1 4:21; Eze 16:6-14; Luk 15:16, Luk 15:22; Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6
When: Num 21:3, Num 21:21-35; Josh. 10:10-43, 12:1-24; Rev 19:14-21
in it, it was: or, for her, she was, Jdg 2:7; Jer 2:3
of God: Psa 2:6, Psa 78:68, Psa 78:69, Psa 87:1, Psa 87:2; Isa 2:2, Isa 2:3
Why: Psa 114:4, Psa 114:6; Isa 2:2
the hill: Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Deu 12:5, Deu 12:11; Kg1 9:3; Heb 12:22, Heb 12:23; Rev 21:2, Rev 21:3
chariots: Psa 18:10; Deu 33:2; Kg2 2:11, Kg2 6:16, Kg2 6:17; Eze 1:15-28; Dan 7:10; Mat 26:53; Rev 5:11, Rev 9:16
thousand: or, many thousand
as in Sinai: Exo 3:5, Exo 19:22, Exo 19:23
ascended: Psa 24:3, Psa 24:7-10, Psa 47:5, Psa 110:1; Mar 16:9; Luk 24:51; Act 1:2-9; Eph 4:8-10; Heb 4:14, Heb 6:20, Heb 8:1; Pe1 3:22
led: Jdg 5:12
received: Luk 24:49; Joh 14:16, Joh 14:17, Joh 16:7, Joh 16:13-15; Act 1:4, Act 2:4, Act 2:33-38; Eph 4:8
for men: Heb. in the man, Co1 15:45-47; Col 1:18, Col 1:19, Col 2:3, Col 2:9; Heb 1:3
rebellious: Pro 1:22, Pro 1:23; Isa 55:7; Mat 9:13; Luk 24:47; Act 2:23, Act 2:36, Act 2:38-41, Act 9:17; Co1 6:9-11; Ti1 1:13-15; Tit 3:3-7
that: Psa 78:60, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Ch2 6:18; Isa 57:15; Eze 48:35; Joh 14:17, Joh 14:23; Co2 6:16; Rev 1:20, Rev 2:1, Rev 21:3
Blessed: Psa 72:17-19, 103:1-22; Eph 1:3
daily: Psa 32:7, Psa 139:17; Lam 3:23
our God: Isa 12:2, Isa 45:17-22; Hos 1:7; Joh 4:22
unto: Psa 118:17, Psa 118:18; Deu 32:39; Sa1 2:6; Joh 5:21, Joh 5:23, Joh 5:28, Joh 5:29, Joh 11:25, Joh 11:26; Heb 2:14, Heb 2:15; Rev 1:18, Rev 20:1
issues: Pro 4:23
God: Psa 110:6; Hab 3:13; Mar 12:4
the hairy: Psa 55:23
of such: Psa 68:18, Psa 7:12; Pro 1:24-33; Eze 18:27-30; Luk 13:5; Heb 2:1-3, Heb 12:25; Rev 2:14-16
Bashan: Num 21:33; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 49:22
the depths: Exo 14:22, Exo 14:29; Isa 51:10, Isa 51:11; Jer 23:5-8; Eze 36:24; Hos 1:10, Hos 1:11
That: Psa 58:10
dipped: Heb. red, Isa 63:1-6
the tongue: Kg1 21:19, Kg1 22:38; Kg2 9:33-37; Rev 19:17-21
even: Psa 24:7-10, Psa 47:5-7; Sa2 6:12-17; Ch1 13:8, Ch1 15:16-24
the players: Psa 87:7, Psa 150:3-5; Rev 14:2, Rev 14:3, Rev 15:2, Rev 15:3
among: Psa 148:12, Psa 148:13; Exo 15:20; Jdg 11:34; Sa1 18:6; Jer 31:4, Jer 31:13
Bless: Psa 107:32, Psa 111:1, Psa 135:19-21; Ch1 16:7, 8-36
from the fountain: or, ye that are of the fountain, Deu 33:28; Pro 5:16; Isa 48:1
little: Gen 42:32; Jdg 20:35, 21:6-25; Sa1 9:21; Ch1 12:16, Ch1 12:29, Ch1 15:3, Ch1 27:12
princes: Psa 47:9, Psa 60:7; Isa 11:13; Eze 37:19-27
and their council: or, with their company
commanded: Psa 42:8, Psa 44:4, Psa 71:3; Isa 40:31; Joh 5:8, Joh 5:9; Act 3:6-8; Co2 12:9, Co2 12:10
strengthen: Psa 138:8; Eph 3:17-20; Phi 1:6; Th2 1:11
Because: Ch1 17:4-12, Ch1 22:7-11, Ch1 28:10-21, Ch1 29:3; Ch2 2:5, Ch2 2:6, Ch2 6:8, Ch2 6:9
shall: Psa 72:10, Psa 72:11, Psa 76:11; Kg1 10:10, Kg1 10:24, Kg1 10:25; Ch2 32:33; Ezra 7:13-28; Neh 2:8; Isa 60:6-11, Isa 60:16, Isa 60:17
Rebuke: 2Sam. 8:1-18, 10:1-19; Ch2 14:1-15, 20:1-37; Isa. 37:1-38
company of spearmen: or, beasts of the reeds, Jer 51:32, Jer 51:33
multitude: Psa 22:12, Psa 22:13; Isa 34:7; Jer 50:11
every: Psa 2:12, Psa 18:44; Sa2 8:2, Sa2 8:8-11
scatter thou: or, he scattereth, Psa 68:14
delight: Psa 120:7; Rom 7:22; Jam 4:1
Princes: Psa 72:8-11; Isa 19:18-25, Isa 45:14, Isa 60:6, Isa 60:7, Isa 66:19
Ethiopia: Zep 3:10; Act 8:27-40
stretch: Psa 44:20, Psa 88:9, Psa 143:6; Kg1 8:22
ye kingdoms: Psa 67:2-5, Psa 100:1, Psa 117:1, Psa 117:2; Deu 32:43; Rom 15:10, Rom 15:11; Rev 15:4
rideth: Psa 68:4, Psa 18:10, Psa 104:3
of old: Psa 93:2, Psa 102:25
send out: Heb. give
his voice: Psa 29:3-9, Psa 77:17, Psa 77:18; Eze 10:5; Joh 12:28, Joh 12:29; Rev 11:12, Rev 11:15, Rev 11:19
Ascribe: Psa 29:1, Psa 29:2, Psa 96:6-8; Ch1 16:28, Ch1 16:29; Rev 19:6
his excellency: Deu 33:26; Pe2 1:17
and his strength: This refers to the phenomena of thunder and lightning; for all nations have observed the electric fluid is an irresistible agent - destroying life, tearing towers and castles to pieces, rending the strongest oaks, and cleaving the most solid rocks; and the most enlightened nations have justly considered it as an especial manifestation of the power and sovereignty of God.
clouds: or, heavens
terrible: Psa 45:4, Psa 65:5, Psa 66:5, Psa 76:12; Exo 15:1; Neh 1:5; Heb 12:24-29; Rev 6:16, Rev 6:17
he that giveth: Psa 29:11; Deu 33:25; Isa 40:31, Isa 45:21; Zac 10:12; Eph 3:16; Phi 4:13; Col 1:11