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A FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS - Or, of orphans. Compare Psalms 10:14,
Psalms 10:18. That is, God takes the place of the parent. See Jeremiah
49:11 : “Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them
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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 ...
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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...
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HOLY HABITATION: i.e. which David had prepared for the Ark on Zion....
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God's people are summoned to welcome Him and prepare the way for His
coming: He is the champion of the weak and defenceless, the liberator
of the captive....
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The orphan and the widow are typical examples of the friendless and
unprotected who are under God's special guardianship (Psalms 10:14;
Psalms 146:9; Hosea 14:3). They are the subjects of a special cl...
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A FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS, &C.— The meaning is, that God, who is
present with us in his sanctuary, or in the ark of his presence, will
provide for and defend, as a father, those who have been rendere...
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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...
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_A FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS, AND A JUDGE OF THE WIDOWS, IS GOD IN HIS
HOLY HABITATION._
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, (is) God.
God's compassionate love to the distressed in...
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HIS HOLY HABITATION] heaven: see Deuteronomy 26:15....
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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...
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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...
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The LXX. and Vulg. prefix to this verse, “They shall be troubled by
the face of Him who is,” &c, which seems to indicate that the abrupt
introduction of this description of God is due to some loss in...
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_[Psalms 68:6]_ אֲבִ֣י יְ֭תֹומִים וְ דַיַּ֣ן
אַלְמָנֹ֑ות...
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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...
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THE LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE
Psalms 68:1
This is one of the grandest odes in literature. It was probably
composed when the Ark was brought in triumph from the house of
Obed-edom to the newly acquired hil...
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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...
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Cause. The captives had not injured Babylon, and Christ had even
bestowed the greatest favours upon his enemies. He suffered for our
sins, Isaias liii. 4. (Calmet) --- Away. Christ in his passion made...
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Reader, do not fail to observe in what an endearing point of view the
church is called upon to triumph in her covenant God. First, in his
glorious incommunicable name JAH, self existent, and in himsel...
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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...
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A FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS,.... In a literal sense, so as to show
mercy to them, take care of then, and protect them; and this is a
character which the great God often assumes, partly to express his
p...
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A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his
holy habitation.
Ver. 5. _A father of the fatherless, &c._] _Pupillorum pater, et
viduarum vindex,_ a title that God much glorie...
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_A father of the fatherless_ He now proceeds to mention some of the
reasons for which God is to be praised. Of these this is one, that he
is the patron of such as are injured and oppressed, and have n...
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A Father of the fatherless, taking care of orphans as their true
Father, AND A JUDGE OF THE WIDOWS, the mighty Advocate of those who
have lost their natural protector on earth, IS GOD IN HIS HOLY
HABI...
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OF THE MESSIAH'S EXALTATION.
To the chief musician, a psalm or song of David, the event which was
the immediate cause for writing this powerful hymn, according to most
commentators. being the placing...
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1-6 None ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. God is
the joy of his people, then let them rejoice when they come before
him. He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all,...
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Psalms 68:5 father H1 fatherless H3490 defender H1781 widows H490 God
H430 holy H6944 habitation H4583
A father -...
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Psalms 68:5
It is a beautiful view of the character of the eternal Parent of all
His creatures that He fills all the parental relations. "A Father of
the fatherless." And His beloved Son well caught...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered: let them alone that hate
Him flee before Him._
A GOOD PRAYER
This was what was always said by Moses, when the ark set forward
afresh in the wilderness. E...
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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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:4 The faithful are to SING TO GOD because he
has shown himself kind, especially to helpless people (FATHERLESS;
WIDOWS, see...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 30:27; 2 Chronicles 6:2; Acts 7:48; Acts 7:49;...
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Habitation — In heaven....