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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 68:13

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, literally, "If you are encamped between cattle pens, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with iridescent sheen of gold"; that is, the period of the Messiah is one of great spiritual prosperity, combined with a peaceful enjoyment of God's blessings, the riches granted by the Gospel being compared with the wonderful play of colors on the feathers of the dove as she preens them in the sun.

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See also Psalms 68:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 68:13. _THOUGH YE HAVE LIEN AMONG THE POTS_] The prophet is supposed here to address the tribes of _Reuben_ and _Gad_, who remained in their _inheritances_, occupied with _agricultural,_...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOUGH YE HAVE LIEN AMONG THE POTS - There are few passages in the Bible more difficult of interpretation than this verse and the following. Our translators seem to have supposed that the whole refers...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 68 The Great Redemption Accomplished _ 1. The introduction (Psalms 68:1)_ 2. The proclamation of His Name and of ‘His acts (Psalms 68:4) 3. A historic review ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXVIII. A SONG OF TRIUMPH. The most difficult of all the Pss. In some places the text is so corrupt that it defies any attempt at emendation, and the VSS give little, if any, help. The historical allu...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    After this general introduction the Psalmist proceeds to review the past history of Israel in proof of God's victorious power and of His gracious love towards His people....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    With a few graphic strokes the poet recalls the victories by which Canaan was won and retained. He refers to the times of the Judges as well as to the original conquest under Joshua....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    An extremely difficult verse. It has been suggested that the second and third lines, like the first, are derived from some ancient poem now lost, and that to readers who could recognise the allusion t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THOUGH YE HAVE LIEN AMONG THE POTS— The word rendered pots, signifies, _kettles, pots,_ or _furnaces,_ for various uses, fixed in stone or brick, placed in double rows, and so regularly disposed for c...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 68 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Glimpses of Jehovah's Visible Reign over Israel and the Nations. ANALYSIS (See Headlines insetted in text.) (Lm.) By DavidPsalm Song. (DIVISION ITHE KING: HIS PROWESS...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE LORD GAVE THE WORD: GREAT WAS THE COMPANY OF THOSE THAT PUBLISHED IT._ -God's doings for His people from the time of their entrance into Canaan until the setting up of the sanctuary in Zion. Ve...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    68:13 sheepfolds, (l-7) Others, 'pots' or 'ash-grates,' but see Judges 5:16 . green (m-23) Strictly, 'greenish-yellow.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is one of the grandest of the Pss., but its origin and date are involved in much obscurity. It contains expressions borrowed from the Blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy 33) and the Song of Deborah (J...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AMONG THE POTS] RV 'among the sheepfolds,' another phrase from Deborah's Song (Judges 5:16), where it rebukes the inactivity of the Reubenites. RV reads, 'will ye lie.. sheepfolds, as the wings of a d...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (11-14) These verses refer to the conquest of Canaan, the long history of which is, however, here crowded into one supreme and crowning moment: a word from God, and all was done....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The agreement of the ancient versions in rendering these difficult verses shows that their obscurity does not arise, as in the case of so many passages of the Psalms, from any corruptions in the text,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 68:14]_ אִֽם ־תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮ בֵּ֪ין שְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִם כַּנְפֵ֣י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 68:1 THIS superb hymn is unsurpassed, if not unequalled, in grandeur, lyric fire, and sustained rush of triumphant praise. It celebrates a victory; but it is the victory of the God who enters a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THEIR MIGHTY DELIVERER Psalms 68:12 The processional march still continues. Presently Mount Zion comes in sight, and the neighboring hills are depicted as eying it enviously for its selection in pref...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This psalm sings the praise of the God of deliverances. It opens with a song of pure praise (verses Psa 68:1-6). This is then justified by a review of God's past dealings with His people (verses Psa 6...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Though ye have lien among the (k) pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. (k) Though God permits his Church for a time to lie in black d...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Song. Both judges and common people (Worthington) derided me over their cups of shecar, (Haydock) or strong drink, and palm wine, Lamentations iii. 14. (Calmet) --- Thus the soldiers made Christ thei...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    In allusion to the state of Israel while in Egypt, while they were building houses for Pharaoh, they were considered as the most abject of slaves, and it is probable that they had no couch, or resting...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A HYMN OF TRIUMPH_ ‘Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove: that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold.’ Psalms 68:13 (Prayer Book Version) Th...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._Though ye should lie among the pots _(25) Having spoken of God as fighting the battles of his people, he adds, by way of qualification, that they may lie for a time under darkness, though eventual...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 68 follows on these psalms, being the celebration of the introduction of Israel into the position spoken of in them. Still it has a complete and individual character of its own. It begins with...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOUGH YE HAVE LAIN AMONG THE POTS,.... Kimchi takes these words to be the words of the women, or of the psalmist addressing the Israelites going out to war; that though they should lie in a low, dark...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 13. _Though ye have lien among the pots_] _Inter Chytropodas....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Though ye have lien among the pots_ The word שׁפתים, _shepattaim_, here rendered _pots_, “signifies _kettles, pots_, or _furnaces_, for various uses, fixed in stone or brick, placed in double rows, a...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-14 Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies. If God bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them in it, and to bring them out of it. He provided for them, both...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOUGH YE, ye Israelites, to whom he now turneth his speech, HAVE LIEN AMONG THE POTS; like scullions, that commonly lie down in the kitchen among the pots or hearthstones, whereby they are very much...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 68:13 down H7901 (H8799) sheepfolds H8240 wings H3671 dove H3123 covered H2645 (H8737) silver H3701 feathers

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This was a Psalm sung, at the removing of the ark, when it was taken up to its resting-place on Mount Zion. All the tribes were gathered together, and, in full pomp, they marched along, bearing the sa...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prayer against enemies and for God's people. All called upon to praise God for His greatness and goodness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The glory of Zion's King is that He is a Savi...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm is the _Carmen seculare_ of the Hebrews, and far surpasses the _Te Deum_ of the christians. It has justly been eulogized in the whole succession of theological composition,. The song bursts...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove._ AMONG THE POTS The text has been a sealed passage for ages. Bishop Lowth declared it “unintelligible.” Mr. Spurgeon calls...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people, when Thou didst march through the wilderness._ THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY I. It commences with the Divinely terrible (Psalms 68:7). As a rule, if not...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:1. This is a celebration of God’s continued care and protection. It remembers how God led his people through the wilderness into their inheritance. The celebration does n...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:11 This section describes what happens WHEN THE ALMIGHTY SCATTERS Gentile KINGS on behalf of his people. The Lord brought great victories even when Israelites who were able wou...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm or Song of David_.” See Introduction to Psalms 48. The Superscription does not mention the occasion...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of triumphant praise and jubilation, the crown and gem of the Second Book. Professor Cheyne calls it "a patriotic and religious ode of wondrous range and compass, and in t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the pre...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 4:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ye — Ye Israelites. Ye are — Tho' you have formerly been exposed to great reproach and misery, yet God hath changed your condition. Gold — Beautiful and glorious, like the feathers of a dove, which ac...

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