Psalms 68:31

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 close of one of the finest Hebrew hymns.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 k...
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 t...
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...
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 c...
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...
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 prin...
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 peop...
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 o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Egypt ] as Israel's ancient enemy. Ethiopia ] as one of the remotest of lands. 33, 34 Cp. Deuteronomy 33:26-27 .
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...
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...
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 o...
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:...
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 conve...
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...
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 i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Redemption of God's People; Duties Enforced by the Discoveries of Grace. ...
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 incorri...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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, an...
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 succ...
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. C...
The Biblical Illustrator

Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Ethiopia’s appeal Ethiopia is a woman who, after the manner of the poets, represents the wh...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Exaltation and Reign of Messiah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Princes shall come out of Egypt, magnates submitting themselves to the rule of the Messiah. Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God, off...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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. Un...

³¹ Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 68:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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