_LET GOD ARISE, LET HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED: LET THEM ALSO THAT HATE HIM FLEE BEFORE HIM._ Psalms 68:1.-When God arises, His enemies are scattered like smoke, while the righteous joyfully extol Jah, the Father of the fatherless (Psalms 68:1); God's doings for His people when He led them through the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS SMOKE IS DRIVEN AWAY, SO DRIVE THEM AWAY: AS WAX MELTETH BEFORE THE FIRE, SO LET THE WICKED PERISH AT THE PRESENCE OF GOD._ As smoke is driven away ... as wax melteth before the fire. The smoke disappears before the wind, the wax before the fire. How galling to the pride the seemingly mighty fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT LET THE RIGHTEOUS BE GLAD; LET THEM REJOICE BEFORE GOD: YEA, LET THEM EXCEEDINGLY REJOICE._ But let the righteous be glad: let them rejoice before God - literally, 'at or before the face of God, as in the contrasted sentence, Psalms 68:1; Hebrew, 'let them that hate Him flee from before His fa... [ Continue Reading ]
_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_ CAALAL_ (H5549)], means also 'make a way for;' raise up a road for. So the Septuagint, Vulgate and Arabi... [ Continue Reading ]
_A FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS, AND A JUDGE OF THE WIDOWS, IS GOD IN HIS HOLY HABITATION._ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, (is) God. God's compassionate love to the distressed in particular, as widows and orphans (cf. Psalms 146:7; Deuteronomy 10:18), is the ground of the triump... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD SETTETH THE SOLITARY IN FAMILIES: HE BRINGETH OUT THOSE WHICH ARE BOUND WITH CHAINS: BUT THE REBELLIOUS DWELL IN A DRY LAND._ God setteth the solitary - i:e., those destitute of human help (Psalms 25:16). IN FAMILIES - Hebrew, 'in a home.' [The final Hebrew letter he (h) expresses motion to... [ Continue Reading ]
_O GOD, WHEN THOU WENTEST FORTH BEFORE THY PEOPLE, WHEN THOU DIDST MARCH THROUGH THE WILDERNESS; SELAH:_ -God's doings for His people in the wilderness; His giving them the law at Sinai; His sustaining and reviving them until He led them into the land of promise. Verse 7,8. O GOD, WHEN THOU WENTEST... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD GAVE THE WORD: GREAT WAS THE COMPANY OF THOSE THAT PUBLISHED IT._ -God's doings for His people from the time of their entrance into Canaan until the setting up of the sanctuary in Zion. Verse 11. THE LORD GAVE THE WORD - which ensured victory to Israel. GREAT WAS THE COMPANY OF THOSE TH... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE HILL OF GOD IS AS THE HILL OF BASHAN; AN HIGH HILL AS THE HILL OF BASHAN._ -God has chosen Zion whereon to dwell forever, with His countless chariots, in spite of all the resistance of the pagan. This He has shown by the victory just given to His people; therefore, blessed be the Lord. Verse 1... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE THAT IS OUR GOD IS THE GOD OF SALVATION; AND UNTO GOD THE LORD BELONG THE ISSUES FROM DEATH._ He that is our God - i:e., the God of Israel. IS THE GOD OF SALVATION - literally, of salvations. The plural expresses that, however numerous be the evils threatening our destruction, God has at comm... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT GOD SHALL WOUND THE HEAD OF HIS ENEMIES, AND THE HAIRY SCALP OF SUCH AN ONE AS GOETH ON STILL IN HIS TRESPASSES._ But God shall wound the head of his enemies - (Psalms 110:6.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SAID, I WILL BRING AGAIN FROM BASHAN, I WILL BRING MY PEOPLE AGAIN FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA:_ The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan; I will bring (my people) again from the depths of the sea - i:e., I will restore Israel from dangers as great as the conflict with Og of Bashan (N... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THY FOOT MAY BE DIPPED IN THE BLOOD OF THINE ENEMIES, AND THE TONGUE OF THY DOGS IN THE SAME._ That thy foot may be dipped - literally, that thou mayest dash about: the same Hebrew as in Psalms 68:21, "wound" or 'dash in pieces.' AND THE TONGUE OF THY DOGS IN THE SAME - i:e., may be dipped... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY HAVE SEEN THY GOINGS, O GOD; EVEN THE GOINGS OF MY GOD, MY KING, IN THE SANCTUARY._ They have seen. The crowding spectators have seen, as distinguished from those forming the procession. THY GOINGS - i:e., the procession in honour of thee. IN THE SANCTUARY - (Psalms 68:29; Psalms 68:35.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SINGERS WENT BEFORE, THE PLAYERS ON INSTRUMENTS FOLLOWED AFTER; AMONG THEM WERE THE DAMSELS PLAYING WITH TIMBRELS._ The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after - because in intelligent worship the Word itself has precedency of its ornamental accompaniments (1 Corinthians... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESS YE GOD IN THE CONGREGATIONS, EVEN THE LORD, FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF ISRAEL._ Bless ye God in the congregations, (even) the Lord, from the fountain of Israel - i:e., from the heart, not merely with the lips. Or rather, ye who "are come forth out, of the waters (i:e., the parent stock) of Judah... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE IS LITTLE BENJAMIN WITH THEIR RULER, THE PRINCES OF JUDAH AND THEIR COUNCIL, THE PRINCES OF ZEBULUN, AND THE PRINCES OF NAPHTALI._ There is little Benjamin (with) their ruler, the princes of Judah (and) their council, the princes of Zebulun, (and) the princes of Naphtali. The four tribes her... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 the future subjugation of the whole world under Him. Verse 28. THY GOD HATH COMMANDED THY STRENGTH - i:e.,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 GOD, YE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH ... TO HIM THAT RIDETH UPON THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS (WHICH WERE) OF OLD. God's r... [ Continue Reading ]