Psalms 68:1--70:5
[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.]
<0430> [of God.]
Bashan ......... Bashan <01316> [of Bashan.]
look with envy <07520> [Why.]
mountains ....... mountain <02022> [the hill.]
chariots <07393> [chariots.]
thousands <0505> [thousands. or, many thousands. as in Sinai.]
ascend <05927> [ascended.]
captives <07628> [led.]
receive <03947> [received.]
men <0120> [for men. Heb. in the man.]
rebels <05637> [rebellious.]
Lord <03050> [that.]
deserves <01288> [Blessed.]
Day ... day <03117> [daily.]
God .... God <0410> [our God.]
Lord <03069> [unto.]
rescue <08444> [issues.]
God <0430> [God.]
hairy <08181> [the hairy.]
persist <01980> [of such.]
Bashan <01316> [Bashan.]
depths <04688> [the depths.]
feet <07272> [That.]
stomp <04272> [dipped. Heb. red.]
<03956> [the tongue.]
processions ..... processions <01979> [even.]
musicians ... playing ... stringed instruments <05059> [the players.]
midst <08432> [among.]
praise <01288> [Bless.]
assemblies <04726> [from the fountain. or, ye that are of the fountain.]
little <06810> [little.]
princes .......... princes ...... princes <08269> [princes.]
robes <07277> [and their council. or, with their company.]
decreed <06680> [commanded.]
demonstrate ... power <05810> [strengthen.]
temple <01964> [Because.]
Kings <04428> [shall.]
cry against <01605> [Rebuke.]
wild beast .... reeds <07070 02416> [company of spearmen. or, beasts of the reeds.]
assemble <05712> [multitude.]
humble themselves <07511> [every.]
nations ....................... scatters ... nations <0967 05971> [scatter thou. or, he scattereth.]
like <02654> [delight.]
They <02831> [Princes.]
Ethiopia <03568> [Ethiopia.]
voluntarily offers <07323> [stretch.]
kingdoms <04467> [ye kingdoms.]
rides <07392> [rideth.]
ancient times <06924> [of old.]
thunders loudly <05414> [send out. Heb. give. his voice.]
Acknowledge <05414> [Ascribe.]
sovereignty <01346> [his excellency.]
power ........ power <05797> [and his strength.]
This refers to the phenomena of thunder and lightning; for all nations have observed the electric fluid is an irresistible agent,--destroying life, tearing towers and castles to pieces, rending the strongest oaks, and cleaving the most solid rocks; and the most enlightened nations have justly considered it as an especial manifestation of the power and sovereignty of God.
skies <07834> [clouds. or, heavens.]
awe-inspiring <03372> [terrible.]
gives <05414> [he that giveth.]
praise <01288> [Blessed.]
Lilies <07799> [(Title.) Shoshannim.]
David <01732> [A Psalm.]
It is uncertain when this Psalm was composed; though it is probable that it was written by David during the rebellion of Absalom. It is an exceedingly fine composition; it evidently refers to the advent, passion, and resurrection of our Lord, to the vocation of the Gentiles, and the reprobation of Jews: See the Marginal References.
water <04325> [the waters.]
sink <02883> [I sink.]
[deep mire. Heb. the mire of depth. deep waters. Heb. depth of waters.]
current <07641> [the floods.]
exhausted <03021> [I am.]
throat <01627> [my throat.]
eyes <05869> [mine.]
looking <03176> [I wait.]
hate <08130> [hate.]
numerous .... hairs <07231 08185> [more than.]
enemies <0341> [being.]
repay <07725> [then I.]
guilt <0819> [and my sins. Heb. and my guiltiness.]
hidden <03582> [hid.]
rely ................. seek <06960 01245> [Let not.]
Lord ............... God ... Israel <03069 03478 0430> [O God of Israel.]
suffer <05375> [Because.]
disgraced <03639> [shame.]
stranger <02114> [become.]
foreigner <05237> [and an alien.]
zeal <07068> [zeal.]
insults <02781> [and the.]
I <05414> [I made.]
ridicule <04912> [I became.]
sit <03427> [They.]
songs <05058> [I was.]
drunkards <08354> [drunkards. Heb. drinkers of strong drink.]
prayer <08605> [my prayer.]
favorably <07522> [in an.]
great ........ faithful <07230 0571> [in the.]
Rescue .......... Deliver <05337> [Deliver.]
Rescue ......... sink Deliver <02883 05337> [let me.]
mud ............... deep <02916 04615> [out of.]
current <04325> [waterflood.]
pit <0875> [pit.]
loyal love <02617> [for thy.]
turn <06437> [turn.]
great <07230> [according.]
ignore <05641> [hide.]
trouble <06887> [for I am.]
Answer ... right away <06030 04118> [hear me speedily. Heb. make haste to hear me.]
near <07126> [Draw.]
redeem <01350> [redeem.]
enemies <0341> [because.]
insulted <02781> [my reproach.]
disgraced <03639> [dishonour.]
enemies <06887> [mine.]
insults <02781> [Reproach.]
make ... lose <05136> [I am.]
look for <06960> [I looked.]
sympathy <05110> [take pity. Heb. to lament with me. but there.]
comforters <05162> [comforters.]
poison .... food <01267 07219> [gall for my meat.]
Bochart, from a comparison of this passage with Joh 19:29, thinks that {rosh} is the same herb as the evangelist calls [ ,] hyssop; a species of which, growing in Judea, he proves from Isaac ben Orman, an Arabian writer, to be so bitter as not to be eatable. Theophylact expressly tells us, that the hyssop was added [ ,] as being deleterious, or poisonous: and Nonnus, in his paraphrase, says, [ ] "One gave the deadly acid mixed with hyssop."
vinegar <02558> [vinegar.]
table <07979> [Let their table, etc.]
Or, rather, "Their table shall become a snare; their eyes shall be darkened," etc., in the future tense.
snare <04170> [a trap.]
eyes <05869> [Their eyes.]
violently <04975> [make their.]
Pour <08210> [Pour.]
overtake <05381> [take.]
camp <02918> [Let their.]
camp <02918> [habitation. Heb. palace.]
uninhabited <03427> [let none dwell. Heb. let there not be a dweller.]
harass <07291> [For.]
discipline ............. punish <05221 02491> [whom.]
spread ... news <05608> [they talk.]
punish <02491> [those, etc. Heb. thy wounded.]
Hold <05414> [Add.]
accountable ..... sins <05771> [iniquity. or, punishment of iniquity.]
<0935> [let them.]
deleted <04229> [blotted.]
listed <03789> [be written.]
oppressed <06041> [I am poor.]
deliver <03444> [let thy.]
sing praises <01984> [I will.]
magnify <01431> [magnify.]
please <03190> [also shall.]
oppressed <06035> [The humble. or, The meek.]
encouraged <03824> [your heart.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
captive people <0615> [his prisoners.]
heavens <08064> [Let.]
swims <07430> [moveth. Heb. creepeth.]
God <0430> [God.]
rebuild <01129> [build.]
descendants <02233> [The seed.]
loyal <0157> [they.]
David <01732> [A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) A Psalm.]
This Psalm is almost word for word the same as the five last verses of Psalm 40; and it is written as a part of the succeeding Psalm in about 27 MSS. Both Psalms evidently appear to have been written by David during the rebellion of Absalom, and probably at the crisis when he heard of the sanguinary counsel which Ahithophel had given respecting him; or, as some suppose, when beyond Jordan.
written ..... attention <02142> [to bring.]
God <0430> [O God.]
Lord .... help <05833 03068> [to help me. Heb. to my help.]
life <05315> [my soul.]
Rather,"my life," {naphshee;} for the word has frequently this meaning.
<05472> [be turned.]
driven back <07725> [back.]
Aha Aha <01889> [Aha, aha.]
He„ch! He„ch! a note of extreme contempt; marking insult and triumph at the same time.
oppressed <06041> [I am.]
hurry ............... delay <02363 0309> [make.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
