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Verse Psalms 68:12. _KINGS OF ARMIES DID FLEE_] _Jabin_ and the kings
of the Canaanites, who united their forces to overwhelm the
Israelites.
_AND SHE_] Deborah the prophetess, a _woman_ accustomed t...
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KINGS OF ARMIES DID FLEE APACE - Margin, as in Hebrew, did flee, did
flee. This is the Hebrew mode of expressing that which is emphatic or
superlative. It is by simply repeating the word. The idea is,...
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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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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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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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Kings of hosts do flee, do flee,
And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
Psalms 68:12. contain allusions to the Song of Deborah and possibly
to similar poems which have not been preserved...
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KINGS OF ARMIES DID FLEE APACE— In the original it is, _fled away,
fled away;_ the reduplication of the words denoting their hasty flight
and utter dissipation. The kings who commanded the armies whic...
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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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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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Another echo of Deborah's Song (Judges 5:30). The kings are the kings
of Canaan subdued by Joshua....
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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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(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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KINGS OF ARMIES DID FLEE APACE. — Better, _Kings of armies flee,
flee._ This and the two next verses wear the air of being a fragment
of those ancient battle-songs sung by the women after the defeat o...
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_[Psalms 68:13]_ מַלְכֵ֣י צְ֭בָאֹות
יִדֹּד֣וּן יִדֹּד֑וּן וּ...
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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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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...
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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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Kings of armies did flee apace: and (i) she that tarried at home
divided the spoil.
(i) The prayer was so great, that not only the soldiers, but the women
also had part of it....
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_Hair-cloth. The sacred humanity, which being torn, let out the price
of our redemption. (St. Augustine) (Menochius) --- I mourned for my
country, &c. (Calmet) --- Christ was clothed in derision, with...
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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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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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KINGS OF ARMIES DID FLEE APACE,.... Or "they fled, they fled" y; or
"they flee, they flee". This is either the subject matter of the word
"published", the words of the publishers so saying; or the eff...
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Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided
the spoil.
Ver. 12. _Kings of armies did flee apace_] Heb. did flee, did flee.
Or, shall flee, shall flee; which one interpreteth...
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_Kings of armies_ The kings of the Midianites, of Canaan, and other
nations, which came forth against the Israelites with numerous and
powerful armies; _did flee apace_ Hebrew, ידדונ ידדונ,
_jiddodun,...
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Kings of armies, hosts being mentioned in ironical contrast to Jehovah
Sabaoth, DID FLEE APACE, in utter rout; AND SHE THAT TARRIED AT HOME,
the woman in the tent, the mistress of the house, in this c...
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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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DID FLEE APACE:
_ Heb._ did flee, did flee...
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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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KINGS OF ARMIES; the kings of Canaan and other nations which came
forth against the Israelites, accompanied with great and numerous
armies. THE SPOIL was so much, that there was enough, not only for t...
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Psalms 68:12 Kings H4428 armies H6635 flee H5074 (H8799) flee H5074
(H8799) remains H5116 home H1004 divides...
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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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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 68:11 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...
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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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1 Samuel 30:24; Exodus 14:25; Joshua 10:16; Joshua 10:42; Joshua 12:7;
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Kings — The kings of Canaan, and other nations who came forth
against the Israelites, accompanied with great and numerous armies.
The spoil — There was enough, not only for those who took it, but
also...