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Psalms 68:32
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord, the All-powerful, Selah, all nations giving Him the honor due His mighty name;
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord, the All-powerful, Selah, all nations giving Him the honor due His mighty name;
Verse Psalms 68:32. _SING UNTO GOD_] All the inhabitants of the earth are invited to sing unto God, to acknowledge him as their God, and give him the praise due to his name....
SING UNTO GOD, YE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH - That is - that acknowledge the true God - celebrate his praise. The psalmist sees the conversion of the world to God to be so certain an event that he calls o...
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...
SELAH. Connecting the exhortation to praise with Him Who is to be praised, verses: Psalms 68:33. See App-66....
The kingdoms of the earth are invited to reecho Israel's chorus of praise, Psalms 68:4. Cp. Revelation 11:15 The musical interlude (_Selah_) may suggest the outbreak of the chorus of universal praise....
All nations are summoned to unite in praising Israel's God....
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...
_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 K...
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...
SING PRAISES... — Better, _play and sing._ The Selah, as in some other cases, is introduced where to our sense of rhythm it is quite out of place....
_[Psalms 68:33]_ מַמְלְכֹ֣ות הָ֭ אָרֶץ שִׁ֣ירוּ לֵ...
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...
THE GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH Psalms 68:26 The constituent parts of the procession are now described, and in these closing verses the triumphal note rings out. It tells of the confidence of Israel in h...
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...
_Hoofs. They were to be three years old. (Kimchi) --- So Virgil says, (\'c6neid ix.) Jam cornu petat & pedibus qui spargat arenam. ([Virgil,] Eclogues iii.) (Calmet) --- Our prayers are therefore offe...
How very applicable and suited is this hymn of praise, for all the redeemed upon earth to use, after the review of such unspeakable mercies as this Psalm hath recorded! Who can withhold the just tribu...
In the next verse he goes farther than before, and calls upon _the kingdoms of the earth to praise God, _language which implies that those who had once been distinguished by their hostility to him wou...
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...
SING UNTO GOD, YE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH,.... Not only the Egyptian and Ethiopian kingdoms, but all the kingdoms of the world; which will now be converted to Christ, and become his, even all the Papal,...
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: Ver. 32. _Siny unto God, ye kingdoms_] No such joy as that of the converted; Isaiah 35:10, "The ransomed of the Lord shal...
_Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth_ Not only Egypt and Ethiopia, but other kingdoms and nations also, who shall partake of the same grace with them. _To him that rideth upon the heavens of heave...
32-35 God is to be admired and adored with reverence and godly fear, by all that attend in his holy places. The God of Israel gives strength and power unto his people. Through Christ strengthening us...
Not only Egypt and Ethiopia, but other kingdoms and nations also, who shall partake of the same grace with them....
Psalms 68:32 Sing H7891 (H8798) God H430 kingdoms H4467 earth H776 praises H2167 (H8761) Lord H136 Selah...
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...
_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. Commanding kings (Psalms 68:29). 2. Subjugating enemies...
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 68:32 All the Gentile KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH are urged to SING TO 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...
Deuteronomy 32:43; Psalms 1:1; Psalms 67:2; Revelation 15:4; Rom