Psalms 68:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. ”

• Psalms 68:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Sing unto God, sing praises to his name - That is, to him; the name being often put for the person himself. The repetition denotes intensity of desire; a wish that God might be praised with the h...

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• Psalms 68:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name (c) JAH, and rejoice before him. (c) Jah and Jehovah are the names of God, signifying his incomprehensible...

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• Psalms 68:4 - 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 68:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  JAH. See App-4. Compare Exodus 15:2 . The Divine Titles enrich this Psalm: Elohim occurs twenty-six times, because the Psalm has to do with the scattering of His enemies. The first occurrence of J...

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• Psalms 68:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: exalt him (12) that rideth, etc. He now proceeds to call upon the Lord’s people to praise God. And he begins by pointing out the grounds in gen...

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• Psalms 68:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah - "Extol him who sittet...

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• Psalms 68:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Sing unto God, &c.— Sing unto God; celebrate his name in songs: prepare the way for Him who rideth through the deserts; his name is JAH, and exult ye before him. Chandler. See Isaiah 40:2 ....

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• Psalms 68:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Sing ... extol him that rideth upon the heavens. The Hebrew, 'extol' х...

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• Psalms 68:4 - 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 68:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Sing praises... — Better, play on the harp. Extol him that rideth upon the heavens. — Rather, cast up a highway for him that rideth on the steppes. (Comp. Isaiah 40:3 , of which this is app...

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• Psalms 68:4 - 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 68:4 - 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 68:4 - 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 68:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Reader, do not fail to observe in what an endearing point of view the church is called upon to triumph in her covenant God. First, in his glorious incommunicable name JAH, self existent, and in himse...

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• Psalms 68:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Sing unto God ,.... Manifest in the flesh, risen from the dead, ascended on high, set down at the right hand of his divine Father; having exerted his great strength in their redemption; and therefor...

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• Psalms 68:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Ver. 4. Sing unto God, sing praises ] Cantate, Psallite, do it daily and...

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• Psalms 68:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Sing unto God , &c. “The prophet here exhorts the people of God to magnify with Psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, the eternal and incommunicable name of Him who was, and is, and is to com...

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• Psalms 68:4 - 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 68:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Extol him, by praising him; of which this verb is used, Proverbs 4:8 . Or rather, raise up or prepare the way for him ; for so this word is commonly used, as Isaiah 57:14 , Isaiah 57:10 , a...

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• Psalms 68:4 - 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 68:4 - 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 68:4 - 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 68:4 - 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 68:4 - 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 68:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of the Messiah's Exaltation. To the chief musician, a psalm or song of David, the event which was the immediate cause for writing this powerful hymn, according to most commentators. being the plac...

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• Psalms 68:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 33:26 ; Exodus 3:14 ; Exodus 6:3 ; Exodus 6:8 ; Isaiah 12:4-6 ; Isaiah 19:1 ; Psalms 66:4 ; Psalms 67:4 ; Psalms 104:3 ; Psalms 18:10 ; Psalms 68:33

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• Psalms 68:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Jah — Is an abbreviation of the name Jehovah, which the Heathens pronounced Jao. Before him — Before the ark where he is present, as David is said to dance before the Lord, upon this occasion, 2 S...

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