Psalms 68:1-14
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
This magnificent and truly sublime ode is supposed, with much probability, to have been composed by David, and sung at the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim.
God .... action <06965 0430> [God arise.]
scatter <06327> [be scattered.]
adversaries .... him <08130> [that hate.]
<06440> [before him. Heb. from his face.]
smoke <06227> [As smoke.]
wax <01749> [as wax.]
[in the presence.]
godly <06662> [But.]
rejoice ...... overcome <05970 07797> [rejoice.]
overcome ... joy <07797 08057> [exceedingly rejoice. Heb. rejoice with gladness.]
Sing ... God <07891 0430> [Sing unto God.]
rides <07392> [rideth.]
name ............... name <08034> [his name.]
Lord <03050> [JAH.]
[Yƒhh,] JAH, is an abbrevivation of [Yeh“vƒh,] JEHOVAH and signifies self-existence:--He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all.
father <01> [A father.]
advocate <01781> [a judge.]
holy <06944> [in his.]
God <0430> [God.]
homes <01004> [families. Heb. a house. he bringeth.]
rebels <05637> [the rebellious.]
God <0430> [O God.]
march <06805> [thou didst.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
heavens <08064> [the heavens.]
Sinai <05514> [Sinai.]
God ..... God ... God <0430> [the God.]
fall ........... sustain <05130 03559> [didst.]
fall <05130> [send. Heb. shake out. confirm thine inheritance. Heb. confirm it.]
live <02416> [Thy congregation.]
God <0430> [thou.]
Lord <0136> [Lord.]
good news <06635> [company. Heb. army.]
Kings <04428> [Kings.]
leading ... run away ... run away ... lovely lady <05074> [did flee apace. Heb. did flee, did flee. she.]
lie <07901> [Though.]
That is, probably, "Though ye have laboured and lain down between the brick-kilns in Egypt--a poor, enslaved, and oppressed people, yet ye shall gradually rise to dignity, prosperity, and splendour; as a dove, which has been defiled with dirt, disordered, and dejected, by washing herself in a running stream, and trimming her plumage, gradually recovers the serenity of her disposition, the purity of colour, and the richness and varied elegance of her appearance."
lie <07901> [ye have.]
wings <03671> [the wings.]
sovereign judge <07706> [When.]
snow <07949> [in it, it was. or, for her, she was.]
snow <07949> [as snow.]
