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Verse Psalms 68:10. _THY CONGREGATION HATH DWELT THEREIN_] חיתך
_chaiyathecha, thy living creature_; τα ζωα, _Septuagint;
animalia,_ _Vulgate_; so all the Versions. Does not this refer to the
_quails...
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THY CONGREGATION HATH DWELT THEREIN - In the land of promise; for the
connection requires us to understand it in this manner. The idea of
the writer all along pertains to that land, and to the mercy w...
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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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THY CONGREGATION. Thy living ones, or living host.
THE POOR. the humbled or oppressed one....
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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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Thy congregation took up its abode therein:
In thy goodness, O God, thou dost provide for the afflicted.
The word rendered _congregation_, or, as R.V. marg., _troop_, or
_family_, is a peculiar one....
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THY CONGREGATION HATH DWELT THEREIN— There is no small difficulty in
these words. The following appears to be the most natural sense of
them. In the former verse the Psalmist tells us, that God had
_c...
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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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68:10 flock (h-2) Or 'living assembly,' 'incorporated people;' as
'troop,' Psalms 74:19 ....
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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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HATH DWELT] RV 'dwelt.' THEREIN] in the wilderness. HAST PREPARED] RV
'didst prepare.' THE POOR] or afflicted, the needy wanderers in the
desert....
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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 68:11]_ חַיָּתְךָ֥ יָֽשְׁבוּ ־בָ֑הּ
תָּ֤כִ֥ין בְּ...
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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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Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy
(g) goodness for the poor.
(g) God blessed the land of Canaan, because he had chosen that place
for his Church....
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Upon me. The disciples remembered that this had been written
concerning Christ, who drove out the profaners of his temple, (John
ii. 17.) and will not be less severe on those who dishonour the Church...
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What is this plentiful rain, which Jehovah sent upon his inheritance,
but Christ himself? He, it was said, should come down like rain upon
the mown grass; Psalms 72:6. And when Jesus comes to a church...
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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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THY CONGREGATION HATH DWELT THEREIN,.... That is, in the Lord's
inheritance, in the midst of his church and people. The word for
"congregation" signifies "beasts" or "living creatures" w: some
underst...
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Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy
goodness for the poor.
Ver. 10. _Thy congregation hath dwelt therein_] _Pecus tuum,_ thy
cattle, so some render it, and interpre...
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_Thy congregation_ Thy people Israel, who are all united in one body,
under thee their head and governor. It is true, the word חיה,
_chajab_, here rendered _congregation_, primarily signifies _life,
l...
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Thy congregation hath dwelt therein, in the inheritance, in the Land
of Promise, like a herd of sheep under the gentle leadership of a good
shepherd; THOU, O GOD, HAST PREPARED OF THY GOODNESS FOR 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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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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THY CONGREGATION; thy people of Israel, who are all united in one body
under thee, their Head and Governor. For though this word commonly
signifies _living creatures_, yet sometimes it signifies a com...
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Psalms 68:10 congregation H2416 dwelt H3427 (H8804) God H430 provided
H3559 (H8686) goodness H2896 poor H6041...
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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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_Thou, O God, hast prepared of Thy goodness for the poor._
GOD’S PROVISION FOR THE POOR
We hold it as altogether one of the most forcible sayings of Holy
Writ, that “the poor shall never cease out of...
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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 68:7 These verses recall the way God led his
people THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, from SINAI to his INHERITANCE (Canaan,
now the land of Israel). There God’s...
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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 Peter 5:3; 1 Samuel 2:8; Deuteronomy 26:10; Deuteronomy 26:5;...
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Thy congregation — The people of Israel. It — This land for the
use of thy people: which God did by designing it for them, and
expelling the old inhabitants; by furnishing it with all sorts of
provisi...