Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Psalm 68

^{1 a} The Prophet sheweth that albeit God suffreth the wicked tyrants to opposse his Church for a time, yet at length he wil be reuenged of them.

^{2 !} In this psalme Dauid setteth forthe as in a glasse the wonderful mercies of God towarde his people

^{3 b} He sheweth that when God declareth his power against the wicked that it is for the commoditie & saluation of his Church, which praise him therefore.

^{4 c} Jah & Jehouah are the ames of God, which do signifie his essence & jajestie incormprehensible, so that herby is declared, that all idols are but vanitie, & that the God of Israel is the onely true God.

^{5 !} Who by all means & moste strange sortes declared himself to them

^{6 e} Which is baren of Gods blessings, which before thei had abused.

^{6 d} He giueth children to them, that be childless, and increaseth their families.

^{7 f} He teacheth that Gods fauour peculiarly belongeth to his Church, as appeareth by their wonderful deliuerance out of Egypt.

^{10 g} God blessed the land of Canaan because he had chosen that place for his Church.

^{11 h} The facion then was that women sang songs after the victorie, as Miriam, Deborah, Judith and others.

^{12 i} The pray was so great that not onely the soldiers, but women also had parte thereof.

^{13 k} Thogh God suffer his Church for a time to lie in blacke darkenes, yet he wil restore it and make it moste shining & white.

^{14 l} In the land of Canaan, where his Church was.

^{15 m} Zion the Church of God doeth excell all worldelie things, not in pompe & and outward shewe, but by the inwarde grace of God, which there remaineth because of his dwelling there.

^{15 !} And therefore Gods Church by reason of his promises, graces and victories doeth excel without comparison all worldie things.

^{16 n} Why boast ye of your strength & beautie against this Mountaine of God?

^{18 o} As God ouercame the enemies of his Church, toke them prisoners, and made the tributaries: so Christ, which is God manifested in flesh, subdued Satan & sinne vnder vs & gaue vnto his Church moste liberal giftes of his Spirit, {Eph. 4,8}

^{20 p} In oste extreme dangers God hath infinite waies to deliuer his.

^{22 q} As he deliuered his Church once from Og of Bashan, & other tyrants, & from the dangers of the red Sea, so wil he stil do as oft as necessitie requireth.

^{23 r} That is, in the blood of that great slaughter, where dogges shal lap blood.

^{24 s} That is, how you, which are chief King, goest out with thy people to warre, and giuest them the victorie.

^{25 t} He describeth the ordre of the people, when thei went to the Temple to giue thankes for the victorie.

^{26 u} Which come of the Partriarke Jaakob.

^{27 y} Who was some chief ruler of the tribe.

^{27 x} Benjamin is called litle, because he was the yongest sonne of Jaakob.

^{29 z} Declare out of thine holie palace thy power for the defence of thy Chruch Jerusalem.

^{30 a} He desireth that the pride of the mightie may be destroied, which accustomed to garnish their shoes with siluer: & therfore for their glitering pompe thoght them selues aboue all men.

^{31 b} He prophecieth that the Gentiels shal come to the true knowledge & worship of God.

^{33 c} By his terrible thunders he wil make him self to be knowen the God of all the worlde.

^{34 !} He exhorteth therefore all men to praise God for euer.

^{35 e} He alludeth to the Tabernacle which was deuided into thre partes.

^{35 d} In shewing feareful judgements against thine enemies for the saluation of thy people.