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Verse Psalms 68:7. _O GOD, WHEN THOU WENTEST FORTH_] This and the
following verse most manifestly refer to the passage of the Israelites
through the wilderness....
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O GOD, WHEN THOU WENTEST FORTH BEFORE THY PEOPLE ... - That is, in
conducting them through the desert to the promised land. The statement
in regard to the paternal character of God in the previous ver...
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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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WHEN THOU WENTEST FORTH: i.e. from Egypt. The whole deliverance of
Israel is here rehearsed. See the sub-scription. For use at the
Passover.
SELAH. Connecting the first going up of the Ark in the wil...
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These verses are borrowed, with some omissions and alterations, from
the Song of Deborah (Judges 5:4-5):
"Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir,
When thou didst march out of the field of Edom...
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The Exodus from Egypt and the Entry into Canaan....
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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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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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_O GOD, WHEN THOU WENTEST FORTH BEFORE THY PEOPLE, WHEN THOU DIDST
MARCH THROUGH THE WILDERNESS; SELAH:_
-God's doings for His people in the wilderness; His giving them the
law at Sinai; His sustaini...
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8. A free quotation from the Song of Deborah (Judges 5:4). Note again
the substitution of 'GOD' for 'Lord.' SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4....
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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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_[Psalms 68:8]_ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים בְּ֭ צֵאתְךָ לִ
פְנֵ֣י...
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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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(f) O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst
march through the wilderness; Selah:
(f) He teaches that God's favour belongs specifically to his Church as
appears by their wond...
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_For me. If I rise not again, my disciples will take me for a mere
man. If the captivity continue much longer, many will despair, ver.
11. (Calmet) --- Suffer not the weak to be scandalized in my pass...
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Here is a magnificent description, though in few words, of that great
event which the church in all ages desires to keep in remembrance,
namely, God's presence and movement in a pillar of cloud by day...
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7_O God! when thou wentest forth before thy people, etc. _The Psalmist
now proceeds to show that the Divine goodness is principally displayed
in the Church, which God has selected as the great theater...
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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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O GOD, WHEN THOU WENTEST FORTH BEFORE THY PEOPLE,.... In the pillar of
cloud, and in the pillar of fire, as the Targum adds; and this divine
Person was the Son of God, the Angel of his presence, in wh...
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O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst
march through the wilderness; Selah:
Ver. 7. _O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people_] Here the
former benefits of God to h...
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_O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people_ In the cloudy
pillar, as their captain, leading them out of Egypt; _the earth shook
_ Or, _trembled_, that is, either the inhabitants of those parts...
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O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people, in the pillar of
fire, when He led them through the wilderness, WHEN THOU DIDST MARCH
THROUGH THE WILDERNESS; SELAH:...
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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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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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In the cloudy pillar, as their Captain leading them out of Egypt....
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Psalms 68:7 God H430 out H3318 (H8800) before H6440 people H5971
marched H6805 (H8800) wilderness H3452 Selah...
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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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_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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Deuteronomy 4:34; Exodus 13:21; Habakkuk 3:12; Habakkuk 3:13; Judges
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Wentest — In the cloudy pillar, as their captain leading them up out
of Egypt....