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Verse Psalms 68:13. _THOUGH YE HAVE LIEN AMONG THE POTS_] The prophet
is supposed here to address the tribes of _Reuben_ and _Gad_, who
remained in their _inheritances_, occupied with _agricultural,_...
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THOUGH YE HAVE LIEN AMONG THE POTS - There are few passages in the
Bible more difficult of interpretation than this verse and the
following. Our translators seem to have supposed that the whole refers...
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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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An extremely difficult verse. It has been suggested that the second
and third lines, like the first, are derived from some ancient poem
now lost, and that to readers who could recognise the allusion t...
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THOUGH YE HAVE LIEN AMONG THE POTS— The word rendered pots,
signifies, _kettles, pots,_ or _furnaces,_ for various uses, fixed in
stone or brick, placed in double rows, and so regularly disposed for
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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_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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68:13 sheepfolds, (l-7) Others, 'pots' or 'ash-grates,' but see Judges
5:16 . green (m-23) Strictly, 'greenish-yellow.'...
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AMONG THE POTS] RV 'among the sheepfolds,' another phrase from
Deborah's Song (Judges 5:16), where it rebukes the inactivity of the
Reubenites. RV reads, 'will ye lie.. sheepfolds, as the wings of a
d...
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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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(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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The agreement of the ancient versions in rendering these difficult
verses shows that their obscurity does not arise, as in the case of so
many passages of the Psalms, from any corruptions in the text,...
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_[Psalms 68:14]_ אִֽם ־תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮ בֵּ֪ין
שְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִם כַּנְפֵ֣י
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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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_Song. Both judges and common people (Worthington) derided me over
their cups of shecar, (Haydock) or strong drink, and palm wine,
Lamentations iii. 14. (Calmet) --- Thus the soldiers made Christ thei...
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In allusion to the state of Israel while in Egypt, while they were
building houses for Pharaoh, they were considered as the most abject
of slaves, and it is probable that they had no couch, or resting...
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_A HYMN OF TRIUMPH_
‘Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of
a dove: that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like
gold.’
Psalms 68:13 (Prayer Book Version)
Th...
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13._Though ye should lie among the pots _(25) Having spoken of God as
fighting the battles of his people, he adds, by way of qualification,
that they may lie for a time under darkness, though eventual...
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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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THOUGH YE HAVE LAIN AMONG THE POTS,.... Kimchi takes these words to be
the words of the women, or of the psalmist addressing the Israelites
going out to war; that though they should lie in a low, dark...
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Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of
a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Ver. 13. _Though ye have lien among the pots_] _Inter Chytropodas....
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_Though ye have lien among the pots_ The word שׁפתים,
_shepattaim_, here rendered _pots_, “signifies _kettles, pots_, or
_furnaces_, for various uses, fixed in stone or brick, placed in
double rows, a...
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Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a
dove covered with silver and her feathers with yellow gold, literally,
"If you are encamped between cattle pens, the wings of 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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THOUGH YE, ye Israelites, to whom he now turneth his speech, HAVE LIEN
AMONG THE POTS; like scullions, that commonly lie down in the kitchen
among the pots or hearthstones, whereby they are very much...
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Psalms 68:13 down H7901 (H8799) sheepfolds H8240 wings H3671 dove
H3123 covered H2645 (H8737) silver H3701 feathers
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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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_Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a
dove._
AMONG THE POTS
The text has been a sealed passage for ages. Bishop Lowth declared it
“unintelligible.” Mr. Spurgeon calls...
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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 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 4:21;...
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Ye — Ye Israelites. Ye are — Tho' you have formerly been exposed
to great reproach and misery, yet God hath changed your condition.
Gold — Beautiful and glorious, like the feathers of a dove, which
ac...