THE LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE Psalms 68:1 This is one of the grandest odes in literature. It was probably composed when the Ark was brought in triumph from the house of Obed-edom to the newly acquired hill of the Lord, 2 Samuel 6:1. It is evidently a processional hymn, intended to be sung by bands of w... [ Continue Reading ]
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 preference to themselves. In Psalms 68:17 the glad throng begins to climb the sacred slopes of Zion, am... [ Continue Reading ]
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 her ultimate dominance of the world, which was to be not physical, but moral and spiritual. The psalm... [ Continue Reading ]