George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 68:25
Thy wrathful. Literally, "the fury of thy anger." (Haydock) --- The first term denotes expedition; the second, perseverance. Quickly destroy them, without redress. (Theodoret) (Calmet)
Thy wrathful. Literally, "the fury of thy anger." (Haydock) --- The first term denotes expedition; the second, perseverance. Quickly destroy them, without redress. (Theodoret) (Calmet)
Verse Psalms 68:25. _THE SINGERS WENT BEFORE_] This verse appears to be a description of the procession....
THE SINGERS WENT BEFORE - That is, in the removal of the ark; in the solemn procession referred to in the previous verse. “In” that procession those who sang preceded those who performed on instrument...
Psalms 68 The Great Redemption Accomplished _ 1. The introduction (Psalms 68:1)_ 2. The proclamation of His Name and of ‘His acts (Psalms 68:4) 3. A historic review ...
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 allu...
WENT BEFORE. Compare 1 Chronicles 15:16. FOLLOWED AFTER. behind. AMONG. between. DAMSELS. Hebrew. _'dlamoth_: i.e. the females of Psalms 68:11. See App-65. TIMBRELS. drums. Hebrew. _toph._ See note...
These verses describe a solemn procession of thanksgiving to the Temple. But is it past, present, or future? Delitzsch is right when he says that it is "not the rejoicing over a victory lately won, no...
_the players on instruments_ R.V. as P.B.V., the minstrels. _among_them were _the damsels_ An ungrammatical rendering. R.V. rightly, in the midst of the damsels. On either side of the procession of si...
THE SINGERS WENT BEFORE— This verse and the following give some description of the procession. _The singers went before;_ for David had ordered the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren for s...
PSALMS 68 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Glimpses of Jehovah's Visible Reign over Israel and the Nations. ANALYSIS (See Headlines insetted in text.) (Lm.) By DavidPsalm Song. (DIVISION ITHE KING: HIS PROWESS...
_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 i...
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 (J...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
(24-27) These hopes of national deliverance are kept alive in the worship of the sanctuary, which the poet now proceeds to describe. A solemn procession advances to the Temple, and we have a descripti...
PLAYERS — _i.e.,_ harpers. PLAYING WITH TIMBRELS. — Or, _beating the tambourine._ For this instrument (Heb., _tôph_) see Exodus 15:20, and comp. Judges 11:34....
_[Psalms 68:26]_ קִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֭רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹגְנִ֑ים בְּ...
Psalms 68:1 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 enters a...
THEIR MIGHTY DELIVERER Psalms 68:12 The processional march still continues. Presently Mount Zion comes in sight, and the neighboring hills are depicted as eying it enviously for its selection in pref...
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 6...
The (t) singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels. (t) He describes the order of the people, when they went to the temple t...
Is not this a similar address, from the Father to the Son, to what we meet with, Psalms 45:6, and which the Holy Ghost hath explained Hebrews 1:6 ? And if so, what a glorious view doth it afford of Go...
25._The singers went before _It is evident that he does not now speak of an army in battle array, but of a solemn assembly held for offering up thanksgivings to God for victory. God had openly shown t...
Psalms 68 follows on these psalms, being the celebration of the introduction of Israel into the position spoken of in them. Still it has a complete and individual character of its own. It begins with...
THE SINGERS WENT BEFORE,.... The apostles and ministers of the word, the sweet singers of Israel, the charmers that charm so very wisely: the Gospel is a joyful sound; it is like vocal music, harmonio...
The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels. Ver. 25. _The singers went before, &c._] Thus they were marshalled, when the...
_The singers went before_ David had ordered the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren for singers, _by lifting up the voice with joy, 1 Chronicles 15:16_; _the players on instruments followed...
THE EXALTATION AND REIGN OF MESSIAH...
The singers went before, leading the triumphal procession, THE PLAYERS ON INSTRUMENTS FOLLOWED AFTER; AMONG THEM WERE THE DAMSELS, the virgins, PLAYING WITH TIMBRELS, moving along on either side, thei...
22-28 The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as the...
THE SINGERS WENT BEFORE, THE PLAYERS ON INSTRUMENTS FOLLOWED AFTER; of which see 2 SAMUEL 6:15 1 CHRONICLES 13:8. Playing with timbrels, according to the usage of those times. See EXO 15, &c....
Psalms 68:25 singers H7891 (H8802) before H6923 (H8765) instruments H5059 (H8802) after H310 Among H8432 maidens...
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 sa...
CONTENTS: Prayer against enemies and for God's people. All called upon to praise God for His greatness and goodness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The glory of Zion's King is that He is a Savi...
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 bursts...
_They have seen Thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary._ THE PROGRESS OF DIVINE TRUTH IN THE WORLD I. Some men merely witness the progress of Divine truth (Psalms 68:...
_Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation._ GOD AS THE DELIVERER OF HIS PEOPLE I. A liberal dispenser of daily blessings (Psalms 68:19). “Daily beareth o...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:1. This is a celebration of God’s continued care and protection. It remembers how God led his people through the wilderness into their inheritance. The celebration does n...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:24 These verses describe a PROCESSION of Israelites, which consists of SINGERS, followed by VIRGINS PLAYING TAMBOURINES, with the
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 occasion...
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, and in t...
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the pre...
1 Samuel 18:6; Exodus 15:20; Jeremiah 31:13; Jeremiah 31:4; Judges 1