Psalms 68:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To him that rideth upon the heavens, &c.— The heavens which were of old, means, the heavens which existed from the beginning of the creation; and God is said to ride upon them, or through them, either to denote his omnipresence, or to signify that he is the proprietor and lord of them, and overrules all appearances in them, to serve the purposes of his own providence, and for the protection and safety of his people; as Moses expresses it: There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth on the heavens in thy help. Deuteronomy 33:26; Deuteronomy 1.e. "Who comes in the storms, the thunder and lightnings, the artillery of heaven, to thine assistance." For thus it follows, Lo, he doth send out him voice, and that a mighty voice, literally, He will give with his voice a mighty voice. Thunder is described in Scripture as the voice of God; (Psalms 29.) and it is peculiarly awful and terrible in the eastern and warmer parts of the earth.