The chariots of God are twenty thousand, many myriads, even thousands of angels, the innumerable hosts of the angels of God; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the Holy Place, Deuteronomy 33:2. Thus the victorious might of Jehovah is set forth over against all the puny power of the kings of hosts, whose efforts to overthrow the Church of God are invariably frustrated, Matthew 16:18.
Verse Psalms 68:17. _THE CHARIOTS OF GOD_ ARE _TWENTY THOUSAND_] רבתים אלפי שנאן _ribbothayim alpey shinan_, "two myriads of thousands doubled." Does not this mean simply _forty thousand_? A myriad i...
THE CHARIOTS OF GOD - The meaning of this verse is, that God is abundantly able to maintain his position on Mount Zion; to defend the place which he had selected as his abode. Though it has less natur...
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...
After this general introduction the Psalmist proceeds to review the past history of Israel in proof of God's victorious power and of His gracious love towards His people....
After the conquest of the land, God chose for His abode not the stately mountains of Bashan, whose natural preeminence might seem to mark them out for that privilege, but the insignificant hill of Zio...
The chariots of God are in myriads, yea thousands upon thousands. God is represented as entering Zion in triumph with a vast retinue of the heavenly hosts. His chariots are not simply -twice ten thou...
THE CHARIOTS OF GOD ARE TWENTY THOUSAND, &C.— _The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands; the Lord is among them, O Sinai, in the sanctuary._ See Deuteronomy 33:2. _The char...
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 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 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...
THOUSANDS OF ANGELS] RV 'thousands upon thousands.' God enters Zion in a great procession of His heavenly armies: cp. Deuteronomy 33:2. _As in_ SINAI, ETC.] RM 'Sinai _is_ in the sanctuary.' The holy...
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...
THE CHARIOTS. — As the text stands, this verse can only be brought into harmony with the context by a certain violence to grammar. Its literal reading is, _God’s chariots, two myriads of thousands, an...
(15-18) A third retrospect follows — the third scene in the sacred drama of Israel’s early fortunes. It sets forth the glory of God’s chosen mountain. A finer passage could hardly be found. The toweri...
_[Psalms 68:18]_ רֶ֤כֶב אֱלֹהִ֗ים רִבֹּתַ֣יִם אַלְפֵ֣י שִׁנְאָ֑ן
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...
This gives us a lively idea of the ministry of angels. We know but little of their employment; but the word of God affords much account concerning them. They are deeply engaged in prying into the myst...
17._The chariots of God are twenty thousand thousands of angels. _(34) For the most part, we are apt to undervalue the Divine presence, and therefore David presents us with a description fitted to exa...
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 CHARIOTS OF GOD [ARE] TWENTY THOUSAND,.... By which are meant the angels, as the following clause shows; called "chariots", because they have appeared in such a form, 2 Kings 2:11; and because, li...
The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place]. Ver. 17. _The chariots of God are twenty thousand_] Heb. The chari...
_The chariots of God are twenty thousand_ Nor let the heathen boast of their hosts or armies, or of the multitude of their chariots, wherein chiefly their strength consists; for in Zion there are ten...
EVEN THOUSANDS: Or, even many thousands...
15-21 The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, Ephesians 4:8. He received as the purchase of his death, the gifts needful for the conversion of sinners, and the salvatio...
THE CHARIOTS OF GOD, i.e. the hosts or armies (whereof chariots were a great and eminent part in those times and places) which attend upon God to do his pleasure, and to fight for him and for his peop...
Psalms 68:17 chariots H7393 God H430 thousand H7239 thousands H505 thousands H8136 Lord H136 Sinai H5514 Holy H6944
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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...
_The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels._ THE CHARIOTS OF GOD We read much in Scripture about the holy angels, how high and glorious their condition is. And we are told oft...
_O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people, when Thou didst march through the wilderness._ THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY I. It commences with the Divinely terrible (Psalms 68:7). As a rule, if not...
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 68:15 The ark’s destination is the “sanctuary” on Mount Zion, the MOUNTAIN OF GOD. ⇐...
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...
2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 6:16; 2 Kings 6:17; Daniel 7:10; Deuteronomy 33:2
Chariots — The armies (whereof chariots were an eminent part in those times) which attend upon God to do his pleasure. Twenty thousand — An innumerable company, a certain number being put for an uncer...