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Verse Psalms 68:26. _BLESS YE GOD_] This is what they sung....
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BLESS YE GOD IN THE CONGREGATIONS - In the assemblages of the people;
not only as individuals, but in solemn precessions; in triumphal
marches; when the people are assembled together. In this public m...
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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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CONGREGATIONS. assemblies.
FROM. Supply the _Ellipsis_, "[Ye that are] from, or of, the fountain
of Israel".
FOUNTAIN: i.e. the patriarch Abraham, or, Israel. Ginsburg suggests
"the called of Israel...
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These verses describe a solemn procession of thanksgiving to the
Temple. But is it past, present, or future? Delitzsch is right when he
says that it is "not the rejoicing over a victory lately won, no...
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This verse is best regarded as a part of the processional hymn. Cp.
Judges 5:2; Judges 5:9.
_from the fountain of Israel_ Kay and Cheyne compare Psalms 118:26;...
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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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_BLESS YE GOD IN THE CONGREGATIONS, EVEN THE LORD, FROM THE FOUNTAIN
OF ISRAEL._
Bless ye God in the congregations, (even) the Lord, from the fountain
of Israel - i:e., from the heart, not merely wit...
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FROM THE FOUNTAIN] RV '_ye that are_ of the fountain,' all the
descendants of Jacob: cp. Deuteronomy 33:28....
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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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(24-27) These hopes of national deliverance are kept alive in the
worship of the sanctuary, which the poet now proceeds to describe. A
solemn procession advances to the Temple, and we have a descripti...
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BLESS YE. — Apparently these words are part of the processional
hymn. But in Judges 5:9 a similar outburst of praise appears to come
from the poet.
FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF ISRAEL. — A comparison with Isa...
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_[Psalms 68:27]_ בְּֽ֭ מַקְהֵלֹות בָּרְכ֣וּ
אֱלֹהִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה...
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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 GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH
Psalms 68:26
The constituent parts of the procession are now described, and in
these closing verses the triumphal note rings out. It tells of the
confidence of Israel in h...
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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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Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain
(u) of Israel.
(u) Who come of the patriarch Jacob....
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_Desolate. Babylon gave place to Susa, and "was reduced to a solitude
by the vicinity of Seleucia." (Pliny, [Natural History?] vi. 26.)
(Isaias xlvii.) --- But the fall of Jerusalem was more sudden an...
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Is not this a similar address, from the Father to the Son, to what we
meet with, Psalms 45:6, and which the Holy Ghost hath explained
Hebrews 1:6 ? And if so, what a glorious view doth it afford of Go...
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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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BLESS YE GOD IN THE CONGREGATIONS,.... This was what they said as they
sung and played; they called upon the churches, and the members of
them, and upon one another, to bless the Lord Jesus Christ, Go...
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Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain
of Israel.
Ver. 26. _Bless ye God in the congregations_] _i.e._ _Catervatim ac
turmatim,_ by troops and companies.
_ Even the Lor...
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_The singers went before_ David had ordered the chief of the Levites
to appoint their brethren for singers, _by lifting up the voice with
joy, 1 Chronicles 15:16_; _the players on instruments followed...
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THE EXALTATION AND REIGN OF MESSIAH...
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Bless ye God in the congregations, wherever the believers meet for
worship, EVEN THE LORD, FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF ISRAEL, all the spiritual
descendants of Abraham....
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FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF ISRAEL:
Or, ye that are of the fountain of Israel...
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22-28 The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of
Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all
believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as the...
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Or, as it is rendered in our margin, and by many others, ye that are
_of_ or _from the fountain of Israel, or Jacob_, i.e. all ye people of
Israel, who are called the FOUNTAIN OF JACOB, DEUTERONOMY 33...
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Psalms 68:26 Bless H1288 (H8761) God H430 congregations H4721 Lord
H136 fountain H4726 Israel H3478
Bless -...
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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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_Bless ye God in the congregations, oven the Lord, from the fountain
of Israel, etc._
PUBLIC WORSHIP
I. Expound the passage.
1. Israel had ordinary congregations every Sabbath and national ones
thr...
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_They have seen Thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King,
in the sanctuary._
THE PROGRESS OF DIVINE TRUTH IN THE WORLD
I. Some men merely witness the progress of Divine truth (Psalms
68:...
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_Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God
of our salvation._
GOD AS THE DELIVERER OF HIS PEOPLE
I. A liberal dispenser of daily blessings (Psalms 68:19). “Daily
beareth o...
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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 68:24 These verses describe a PROCESSION of
Israelites, which consists of SINGERS, followed by VIRGINS PLAYING
TAMBOURINES, with the
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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 Chronicles 16:7; 1 Chronicles 16:8; Deuteronomy 33:28; Isaiah 48:1;...
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Fountain — All ye people of Israel....