Psalms 68:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee beforea him. ”

• Psalms 68:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Let God arise - See the notes at Psalms 3:7 . There is an obvious reterence here to the words used by Moses on the removal of the ark in Numbers 10:35 . The same language was also employed by S...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  "To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David." Let God (a) arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. (a) The prophet shows that even though God permits...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 a...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Title. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65. Song. Hebrew. shir. It was written originally for use at the going up of the Ark to Zion 951, BC,. Sabbatical year (2Sa. and 1 Chronicles 15 . see note...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1. God shall arise: his enemies shall be scattered In this verse the Psalmist intimates, as it were by way of preface, the subject which he proposed to treat in the psalm, and which related...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. Let God arise - This was sung when the Levites took up the...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  A prayer at the removing of the ark. An exhortation to praise God for his mercies, for his care of the church, and for his great works. To the chief musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Titl...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. Psalms 68:1-35 .-When God arises, His enemies are scattered like smoke, while the righteous joyfully...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Taken from the invocation of Moses at the moving of the ark ( Numbers 10:35 ), with the change of Lord ( Jehovah ) into God ( Elohim ). 2, 3. The wicked.. the righteous ] the heathen and Israel res...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Let God arise. — A reminiscence of the battlecry raised as the ark was advanced at the head of the tribes ( Numbers 10:35 ). For interesting historical associations with this verse, see Gibbon (cha...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 68:1-35 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 e...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Leader of His People Psalms 68:1-11 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 acq...

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• Psalms 68:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS This Psalm is full of gospel from beginning to end, as the authority of God the Holy Ghost fully shows, Ephesians 4:8 . It was composed, probably, at David's removing the ark from the hous...

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• Psalms 68:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Let God arise ,.... Which, as Kimchi observes, is either by way of prayer, or by way of prophecy; and in either way the sense is the same: for, if it is considered as a prayer, it is a prayer of fai...

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• Psalms 68:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Psalms 68:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David. » Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. A Psalm or Song of David ] Made at tha...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Let God arise , &c. As God was in a peculiar manner present in the ark, and as his presence was the great security of the Israelitish nation from the dangers of the wilderness, and the power of...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Prayer for the Dispersion of God's Enemies. To the chief musician. A psalm or song of David.       1 Let God arise, let...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  PSALM 68 THE ARGUMENT The occasion of this Psalm seems to have been David's translation of the ark to Zion, which was managed with great solemnity and devotion, and celebrated with some Psalms, and...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 occ...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Let God arise The entire Psalm is pervaded by the joy of Israel in the kingdom, but a stricter order of events begins with verse 18 ( Psalms 68:18 ). This is quoted ( Ephesians 4:7-16 ) of Chr...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 s...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 burst...

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• Psalms 68:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 wildernes...

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• Psalms 68:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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,...

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• Psalms 68:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered, the ancient exclamation which signaled the departure of the Ark of the Covenant from a camp in the wilderness, Numbers 10:35 , the prayer receiving its r...

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• Psalms 68:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Chronicles 6:41 ; Daniel 2:35 ; Deuteronomy 7:10 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Ezekiel 12:14 ; Ezekiel 12:15 ; Ezekiel 5:2 ; Isaiah 33:3 ; Isaiah 41:15 ; Isaiah 41:16 ; Isaiah 42:13 ; Isaiah 42:14 ;...

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