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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 68

Chapter 68

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

A. M. 2962. B.C. 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

7:6,7 44:26 78:65-68 132:8,9 Numbers 10:35 2 Chronicles 6:41 Isaiah 33:3 Isaiah 42:13,14 51:9,10

be scattered

14,30 59:11 89:10 Isaiah 41:15,16 Ezekiel 5:2 12:14,15 Daniel 2:35

that hate

21:8 Exodus 20:5 Deuteronomy 7:10 John 14:23,24

before him

Heb. from his face.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

As smoke

37:20 Isaiah 9:18 Hosea 13:3

as wax

97:5 Isaiah 64:2 Micah 1:4

in the presence

76:7 80:16 Nahum 1:5,6 2 Thessalonians 1:8,9 Revelation 6:16,17

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

But

32:11 33:1 58:10 64:10 97:12 Revelation 18:20 19:7

rejoice

95:1,2 98:8,9 100:1,2 Deuteronomy 12:12 1 Thessalonians 5:16

exceedingly rejoice

Heb. rejoice with gladness.

21:1 43:4 1 Peter 1:8

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

Sing unto God

66:4 67:4 Isaiah 12:4-6

rideth

33 18:10 104:3 Deuteronomy 33:26 Isaiah 19:1

his name

Exodus 3:14 6:3,8

JAH

[Y‚hh] JAH, is an abbrevivation of [YehÙv‚h] JEHOVAH and signifies self-existence:--He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

A father

10:14,18 82:3,4 146:9 Job 31:16,17 Jeremiah 49:11 Hosea 14:3

a judge

72:2,4 Deuteronomy 10:18 Job 29:12,13 Isaiah 1:23 Jeremiah 5:28 Luke 18:2-7 Ephesians 5:1

in his

33:14 2 Chronicles 6:2 30:27 Isaiah 57:15 66:1 Acts 7:48,49

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

God

107:10,41 113:9 1 Samuel 2:5 Galatians 4:27

families

Heb. a house. he bringeth.

107:10,14 146:7 Isaiah 61:1 Acts 12:6-25

the rebellious

107:34,40 Deuteronomy 28:23,24 Hosea 2:3 Malachi 1:3

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

O God

114:1-8 Exodus 13:21 Deuteronomy 4:34 Judges 4:14 Habakkuk 3:13

thou didst

Judges 5:4 Micah 2:13 Habakkuk 3:12

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

earth

77:18 114:7 Isaiah 64:1,3 Habakkuk 3:13 Hebrews 12:26 Revelation 11:19

the heavens

Judges 5:4,5

Sinai

Exodus 19:16,18 Deuteronomy 5:23-25

the God

35 41:13 Isaiah 45:3

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

didst

65:9-13 77:16,17 78:24-27 Deuteronomy 11:10-12,14 Ezekiel 34:26

send

Heb. shake out. confirm thine inheritance. Heb. confirm it.

Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

Thy congregation

74:1,2,19 Exodus 19:5,6 Numbers 16:3 1 Peter 5:3

thou

Deuteronomy 26:5,9,10 32:8-14 1 Samuel 2:8 Job 5:10,11 Matthew 11:5 Luke 1:53

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Lord

40:3 Exodus 14:15 17:9-16 Judges 4:6-24 Ephesians 4:11

company

Heb. army.

25 Exodus 15:20 Judges 5:1-31 Revelation 19:13

Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

Kings

Exodus 14:25 Numbers 31:8,9,54 Joshua 10:16,42 12:7,8-24 Judges 5:19 Revelation 6:15 Revelation 19:17-20

did flee apace

Heb. did flee, did flee. she.

Numbers 31:27 1 Samuel 30:24

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

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

81:6 Exodus 1:14 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 12:2 Ephesians 2:1-3 Titus 3:3

the wings

74:19 105:37 149:4 1 Kings 4:20,21 Ezekiel 16:6-14 Luke 15:16,22 Ephesians 5:26,27 Revelation 1:5,6

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

When

Numbers 21:3,21-35 Joshua 10:10-43 12:1-24 Revelation 19:14-21

in it, it was

or, for her, she was.

Judges 2:7 Jeremiah 2:3

as snow

51:7 Isaiah 1:18

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

of God

2:6 78:68,69 87:1,2 Isaiah 2:2,3

of Bashan

Deuteronomy 3:10 Micah 7:14

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

Why

114:4,6 Isaiah 2:2

the hill

132:13,14 Deuteronomy 12:5,11 1 Kings 9:3 Hebrews 12:22,23 Revelation 21:2,3

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

chariots

18:10 Deuteronomy 33:2 2 Kings 2:11 6:16,17 Ezekiel 1:15-28 Daniel 7:10 Matthew 26:53 Revelation 5:11 9:16

thousands

or, many thousands. as in Sinai.

Exodus 3:5 19:22,23

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

ascended

24:3,7-10 47:5 110:1 Mark 16:9 Luke 24:51 Acts 1:2-9 Ephesians 4:8-10 Hebrews 4:14 6:20 8:1 1 Peter 3:22

led

Judges 5:12

received

Luke 24:49 John 14:16,17 16:7,13-15 Acts 1:4 2:4,33-38 Ephesians 4:8

for men

Heb. in the man.

1 Corinthians 15:45-47 Colossians 1:18,19 2:3,9 Hebrews 1:3

rebellious

Proverbs 1:22,23 Isaiah 55:7 Matthew 9:13 Luke 24:47 Acts 2:23,36,38-41 9:17 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 1 Timothy 1:13-15 Titus 3:3-7

that

78:60 132:13,14 2 Chronicles 6:18 Isaiah 57:15 Ezekiel 48:35 John 14:17,23 2 Corinthians 6:16 Revelation 1:20 2:1 21:3

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Blessed

72:17-19 103:1-22 Ephesians 1:3

daily

32:7 139:17 Lamentations 3:23

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

our God

Isaiah 12:2 45:17-22 Hosea 1:7 John 4:22

unto

118:17,18 Deuteronomy 32:39 1 Samuel 2:6 John 5:21,23,28,29 11:25,26 Hebrews 2:14,15 Revelation 1:18 20:1

issues

Proverbs 4:23

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

God

110:6 Habakkuk 3:13 Mark 12:4

the hairy

55:23

of such

18 7:12 Proverbs 1:24-33 Ezekiel 18:27-30 Luke 13:5 Hebrews 2:1-3 12:25 Revelation 2:14-16

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

Bashan

Numbers 21:33 Isaiah 11:11-16 49:22

the depths

Exodus 14:22,29 Isaiah 51:10,11 Jeremiah 23:5-8 Ezekiel 36:24 Hosea 1:10,11

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

That

58:10

dipped

Heb. red.

Isaiah 63:1-6

the tongue

1 Kings 21:19 22:38 2 Kings 9:33-37 Revelation 19:17-21

They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

even

24:7-10 47:5-7 2 Samuel 6:12-17 1 Chronicles 13:8 15:16-24

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

the players

87:7 150:3-5 Revelation 14:2,3 15:2,3

among

148:12,13 Exodus 15:20 Judges 11:34 1 Samuel 18:6 Jeremiah 31:4,13

Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

Bless

107:32 111:1 135:19-21 1 Chronicles 16:7,8-36

from the fountain

or, ye that are of the fountain.

Deuteronomy 33:28 Proverbs 5:16 Isaiah 48:1

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

little

Genesis 42:32 Judges 20:35 21:6-25 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Chronicles 12:16,29 15:3 27:12

princes

47:9 60:7 Isaiah 11:13 Ezekiel 37:19-27

and their council

or, with their company.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

commanded

42:8 44:4 71:3 Isaiah 40:31 John 5:8,9 Acts 3:6-8 2 Corinthians 12:9,10

strengthen

138:8 Ephesians 3:17-20 Philippians 1:6 2 Thessalonians 1:11

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

Because

1 Chronicles 17:4-12 22:7-11 28:10-21 29:3 2 Chronicles 2:5,6 6:8,9

shall

72:10,11 76:11 1 Kings 10:10,24,25 2 Chronicles 32:33 Ezra 7:13-28 Nehemiah 2:8 Isaiah 60:6-11,16,17

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Rebuke

2 Samuel 8:1-18 10:1-19 2 Chronicles 14:1-15 20:1-37 Isaiah 37:1-38

company of spearmen

or, beasts of the reeds.

Jeremiah 51:32,33

multitude

22:12,13 Isaiah 34:7 Jeremiah 50:11

every

2:12 18:44 2 Samuel 8:2,8-11

scatter thou

or, he scattereth.

delight

120:7 Romans 7:22 James 4:1

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

Princes

72:8-11 Isaiah 19:18-25 45:14 60:6,7 66:19

Ethiopia

Zephaniah 3:10 Acts 8:27-40

stretch

44:20 88:9 143:6 1 Kings 8:22

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

ye kingdoms

67:2-5 100:1 117:1,2 Deuteronomy 32:43 Romans 15:10,11 Revelation 15:4

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

rideth

4 18:10 104:3

of old

93:2 102:25

send out

Heb. give. his voice.

29:3-9 77:17,18 Ezekiel 10:5 John 12:28,29 Revelation 11:12,15,19

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

Ascribe

29:1,2 96:6-8 1 Chronicles 16:28,29 Revelation 19:6

his excellency

Deuteronomy 33:26 2 Peter 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.

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

terrible

45:4 65:5 66:5 76:12 Exodus 15:1 Nehemiah 1:5 Hebrews 12:24-29 Revelation 6:16,17

he that giveth

29:11 Deuteronomy 33:25 Isaiah 40:31 45:21 Zechariah 10:12 Ephesians 3:16 Philippians 4:13 Colossians 1:11

Blessed

72:18,19