Psalms 68:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.j ”

• Psalms 68:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Ascribe ye strength unto God - literally, “give.” That is, Acknowledge him as a God of power. Recognise his omnipotence in your worship. See the notes at Psalms 29:1 . His excellency is over...

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• Psalms 68:34 - 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 68:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  34. Give strength unto God over Israel The expression is in allusion to the sentence which went before, and in which God was said to send forth a strong or mighty voice. Not that, properly s...

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• Psalms 68:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. His strength is in the clouds - This refers to the bursting, rattling, and pounding of thunder and...

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• Psalms 68:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  His excellency is over Israel— His highness or majesty: he is the universal sovereign; but his kingdom is exalted over Israel in a particular manner. He hath taken them for his peculiar inheritan...

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• Psalms 68:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: -All the kingdoms of the earth are exhorted to praise the God of Israel ( Psalms 66:1 ). Verse 32,33. Sing unto...

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• Psalms 68:34 - 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 68:34 - 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 68:34 - 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 68:34 - 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 68:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  How very applicable and suited is this hymn of praise, for all the redeemed upon earth to use, after the review of such unspeakable mercies as this Psalm hath recorded! Who can withhold the just trib...

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• Psalms 68:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ascribe ye strength unto God ,.... The Messiah; by asserting him to be the mighty God, even the Almighty; by attributing works of strength and power to him: such as the creation of all things; uphol...

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• Psalms 68:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency [is] over Israel, and his strength [is] in the clouds. Ver. 34. Ascribe ye strength unto God ] The high thunderer, υψιβρεμετης (Altitonans); acknowledg...

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• Psalms 68:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ascribe ye strength unto God Acknowledge that he is mighty, and able to do whatsoever he pleaseth for his people, or against his or their enemies. His excellency is over Israel His excellent powe...

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• Psalms 68:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Praise to God for His Sovereign Dominion.       32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Sel...

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• Psalms 68:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ascribe ye strength unto God; acknowledge that he is mighty and able to do whatsoever he pleaseth for his people, or against his and their enemies. His excellency; his excellent power and goodnes...

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• Psalms 68:34 - 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 68:34 - 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 68:34 - 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 68:34 - 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 68:34 - 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 68:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Exaltation and Reign of Messiah

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• Psalms 68:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 16:28 ; 1 Chronicles 16:29 ; 2 Peter 1:17 ; Deuteronomy 33:26 ; Psalms 29:1 ; Psalms 29:2 ; Psalms 96:6-8 ; Revelation 19:6

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• Psalms 68:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Ascribe — Acknowledge that he is able to do whatsoever he pleaseth. Excellency — His excellent power and goodness. Is over — Dwells among them. He is indeed the universal Lord, but in a special man...

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