Psalms 68:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. ”

• Psalms 68:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Princes shall come out of Egypt - That is, Shall come and acknowledge the true God. Egypt is referred to here as one of the most prominent of the foreign nations then known; and the idea is, that...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Princes shall come out (b) of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. (b) He prophecies that the Gentiles will come to the true knowledge and worship of God.

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• Psalms 68:31 - 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 68:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Ethiopia. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for Ethiopians. stretch out her hands. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), either for bringing presents, as in Psalms 68:...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  31. Princes shall come out of Egypt. He resumes the strain of thanksgiving, and confirms what he had previously asserted, that kings would come and pay tribute unto God. The examples which h...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Aethiopta shall soon stretch out her hands unto God - This verse had its literal fulfillment under Solomon, when E...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Princes shall come out of Egypt, &c.— Rather, Let princes come;—Let Ethiopia stretch, &c. The word חשׁמנים chashmanniim, rendered princes, signifies a princely person, accompanied by...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. -The glorious deliverances vouchsafed to His people, by God dwelling in Zion, give an earnest of th...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Princes. — Or, magnates. Ethiopia. — Literally, Cush shall make to run his hands to God, an idiom easily intelligible, expressing hasty submission. (32–35) A noble doxology, worthy of the c...

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• Psalms 68:31 - 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 68:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the God of the Whole Earth Psalms 68:26-35 The constituent parts of the procession are now described, and in these closing verses the triumphal note rings out. It tells of the confidence of Isr...

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• Psalms 68:31 - 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 68:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Is not this a similar address, from the Father to the Son, to what we meet with, Psalms 45:6-7 , and which the Holy Ghost hath explained Hebrews 1:6-9 ? And if so, what a glorious view doth it aff...

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• Psalms 68:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Princes shall come out of Egypt ,.... The Vulgate Latin and all the Oriental versions render it "ambassadors". This verse is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, under the names of Egypt an...

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• Psalms 68:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Ver. 31. Princes shall come out of Egypt ] The Gentiles shall one day be called, and caused Deum verum cognosc...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Princes shall come out of Egypt The word חשׁמנים, chashmannim , here rendered princes , is not found elsewhere in the Scriptures, and therefore its precise meaning is not certainly known. Elias,...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Redemption of God's People; Duties Enforced by the Discoveries of Grace.       22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bash...

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• Psalms 68:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Egypt, Ethiopia: he names only these, as the great and ancient enemies of God, and of his people, and as a most wicked, and idolatrous, and incorrigible sort of men; see Jeremiah 13:23 Amos 9:7...

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• Psalms 68:31 - 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 68:31 - 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 68:31 - 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 68:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which Thou hast wrought for us. The moral force of God I. Subjugating men. 1. Commanding kings ( Psalms 68:29 ). 2. Subjugatin...

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• Psalms 68:31 - 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 68:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Exaltation and Reign of Messiah

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• Psalms 68:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 8:22 ; Acts 8:27-40 ; Isaiah 19:18-25 ; Isaiah 45:14 ; Isaiah 60:6 ; Isaiah 60:7 ; Isaiah 66:19 ; Psalms 143:6 ; Psalms 44:20 ; Psalms 88:9 ; Psalms 72:8-1 ; Zephaniah 3:10

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• Psalms 68:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Ethiopia — He names these, as the ancient enemies of God, and of his people; but by them he understands all other nations of the like character. Unto God — Begging mercy of him. This prophecy, as a...

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