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Verse Psalms 68:4. _EXTOL HIM THAT RIDETH UPON THE HEAVENS BY HIS NAME
JAH_] "Extol him who sitteth on the throne of glory, in the ninth
heaven; YAH is his name; and rejoice before him." - _Targum_....
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SING UNTO GOD, SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME - That is, to him; the name
being often put for the person himself. The repetition denotes
intensity of desire; a wish that God might be praised with the highes...
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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 (Psalms 68:7)
4. Israel's pla...
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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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JAH. See App-4. Compare Exodus 15:2. The Divine Titles enrich this
Psalm: Elohim occurs twenty-six times, because the Psalm has to do
with the scattering of His enemies. The first occurrence of JAH is...
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to _his name_ Praising Him for all that He has revealed Himself to be.
Cp. Psalms 44:8; Exodus 3:15.
_extol_&c. Render,
Cast up a high way for him that rideth through the deserts;
His name is JAH;...
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SING UNTO GOD, &C.— _Sing unto God; celebrate his name in songs:
prepare the way for Him who rideth through the deserts; his name is
JAH, and exult ye before him._ Chandler. See Isaiah 40:2. The Psalm...
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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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_SING UNTO GOD, SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME: EXTOL HIM THAT RIDETH UPON
THE HEAVENS BY HIS NAME JAH, AND REJOICE BEFORE HIM._
Sing ... extol him that rideth upon the heavens. The Hebrew, 'extol'
х_ CAAL...
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68:4 for (b-12) Or 'triumph in.' Jah; (c-22) The existing One,
objectively. Jah occurs 43 times from Psalms 68 to 150 and 7 times
elsewhere -- Exodus 15:2 , see Note; 17.16; Song of Solomon 8:6 ;
Isai...
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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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SING PRAISES... — Better, _play on the harp._
EXTOL HIM THAT RIDETH UPON THE HEAVENS. — Rather, _cast up a highway
for him that rideth on the steppes._ (Comp. Isaiah 40:3, of which this
is apparently...
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_[Psalms 68:5]_ שִׁ֤ירוּ ׀ לֵֽ אלֹהִים֮
זַמְּר֪וּ שְׁ֫מֹ֥ו סֹ֡לּוּ לָ †
רֹכֵ֣ב בָּ֭ † עֲרָבֹות 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 hi...
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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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Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon
the heavens by his name (c) JAH, and rejoice before him.
(c) Jah and Jehovah are the names of God, signifying his
incomprehensible...
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_Hoarse. This might be literally true, as Christ had suffered the
greatest torments, and recited this and the 21st psalm on the cross;
looking up towards heaven, so that his eyes were weakened, as wel...
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Reader, do not fail to observe in what an endearing point of view the
church is called upon to triumph in her covenant God. First, in his
glorious incommunicable name JAH, self existent, and in himsel...
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4_Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: exalt him _(12) _that
rideth, etc. _He now proceeds to call upon the Lord’s people to
praise God. And he begins by pointing out the grounds in general, as I...
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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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SING UNTO GOD,.... Manifest in the flesh, risen from the dead,
ascended on high, set down at the right hand of his divine Father;
having exerted his great strength in their redemption; and therefore
s...
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Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon
the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Ver. 4. _Sing unto God, sing praises_] _Cantate, Psallite,_ do it
daily and du...
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_Sing unto God_, &c. “The prophet here exhorts the people of God to
magnify with Psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, the eternal and
incommunicable name of Him _who was, and is, and is to come;_ w...
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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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1-6 None ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. God is
the joy of his people, then let them rejoice when they come before
him. He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all,...
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EXTOL HIM, by praising him; of which this verb is used, PROVERBS 4:8.
Or rather, _raise up or prepare the way for him_; for so this word is
commonly used, as ISAIAH 57:14, ISAIAH 57:10, and elsewhere....
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Psalms 68:4 Sing H7891 (H8798) God H430 praises H2167 (H8761) name
H8034 Extol H5549 (H8798) rides H7392 (H8802) clouds H6160 name H8034
YAH H3050 rejoice H5937 (H8798) before H6440
Sing unto God - P...
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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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_Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered: let them alone that hate
Him flee before Him._
A GOOD PRAYER
This was what was always said by Moses, when the ark set forward
afresh in the wilderness....
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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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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 33:26; Exodus 3:14; Exodus 6:3; Exodus 6:8; Isaiah 12:4;
Isaiah 19:1; Psalms 66:4; Psalms 67:4; Psalms 104:3; Psalms 18:10;...
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Jah — Is an abbreviation of the name Jehovah, which the Heathens
pronounced Jao. Before him — Before the ark where he is present, as
David is said to dance before the Lord, upon this occasion, 2 Samue...