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Verse Psalms 68:11. _GREAT_ WAS _THE COMPANY OF THOSE THAT PUBLISHED
IT._] המבשרות צבא רב _hammebasseroth tsaba rab_; "Of the
female preachers there was a great host." Such is the literal
translation...
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THE LORD GAVE THE WORD - The command, or the order. It is not certain
to what the psalmist here refers; whether to some particular occasion
then fresh in the recollection of the people, when a great v...
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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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THE LORD *. One of the 134 places where Jehovah was changed by the
_Sopherim_ to Adonai. See App-32. also verses: Psalms 68:17; Psalms
68:19; Psalms 68:22, Psa 17:26, Psa 17:32.
COMPANY. host, or arm...
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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....
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The Lord giveth the word:
The women that publish the tidings are a great host.
God's word is sovereign (Psalms 33:9; Isaiah 30:30). He has only to
command, and the victory is won. Forthwith are hear...
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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....
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THE LORD GAVE THE WORD— Having celebrated the power and goodness of
God, which fed them in the wilderness, he now proceeds to speak of the
great deliverances that he wrought out for them from their en...
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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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_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...
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68:11 word. (i-5) _ Omer_ . see Note, Psalms 119:11 . publishers.
(k-11) i.e. women publishing victory, like Miriam. the word is
feminine, see Exodus 15:20 ; 1 Samuel 18:6 ....
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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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GAVE THE WORD] secured the victory by his simple command. GREAT _was_
THE COMPANY, etc.] RV 'the women that publish the tidings are a great
host.' In the East it is the women who celebrate victories w...
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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 LORD GAVE... — Literally, _The Lord gives a word. Of the women
who bring the news, the host is great._ The Hebrew for _a word_ is
poetical, and used especially of a Divine utterance (Psalms 19:4;...
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(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....
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_[Psalms 68:12]_ אֲדֹנָ֥י יִתֶּן ־אֹ֑מֶר הַֽ֝
מְבַשְּׂרֹ֗ות...
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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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The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of (h) those that
published [it].
(h) The fashion then was that women sang songs after the victory, as
did Miriam, Deborah, Judith and others....
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_Covered. Retiring from society. (Berthier) --- Roman Septuagint and
Houbigant, "I humbled." Hebrew, "I bewailed my soul in fasting,"
(Aquila) as if death were inevitable; and this practice was deride...
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If we read these triumphs in a spiritual sense, with reference to the
preaching of the everlasting gospel, the subject will be infinitely
heightened above that of the mere history. The Lord indeed gav...
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11._The Lord shall give the word, etc. _David now adverts to the
victories by which God had signally displayed his power in behalf of
his people. He had himself been the instrument of restoring peace...
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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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THE LORD GAVE THE WORD,.... The word of the Gospel to his apostles. He
committed the word of reconciliation to them; he intrusted them with
it, as a sacred depositum; he gave gifts unto them, qualifyi...
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_The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that
published [it]._
Ver. 11. _The Lord gave the word_] That is, the occasion. _De victu
dixit, nunc de victoria,_ saith Vatablus; how God p...
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_The Lord gave the word_ The matter of the word, or discourse here
following. He put this triumphal song into the mouths of his people;
he gave them those successes and victories which are here celebr...
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The Lord gave the word, that of authority, with which He intended to
come to the aid of His people, the Word of Salvation. GREAT WAS THE
COMPANY OF THOSE THAT PUBLISHED IT, the reference being to the...
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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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COMPANY:
_ Heb._ army...
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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...
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GAVE THE WORD, i.e. the matter of the word or discourse here
following. He put this triumphant song into their mouths; he gave his
people all those successes and victories which are here celebrated.
O...
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Psalms 68:11 Lord H136 gave H5414 (H8799) word H562 Great H7227
company H6635 proclaimed H1319 (H8764)...
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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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_The Lord gave the Word: great was the company of those that published
it._
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL
The occasion of this psalm--the carrying up of the ark to Jerusalem:
the joyful procession...
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_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...
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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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Ephesians 4:11; Exodus 14:15; Exodus 15:20; Exodus 17:9; Judges 4:6;...
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Gave — He put this triumphant song into their mouths....