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THE EARTH SHOOK - See Exodus 19:16.
THE HEAVENS ALSO DROPPED AT THE PRESENCE OF GOD - That is, dropped
down rain and food. The idea is that the very heavens seemed to be
shaken or convulsed, so that r...
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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 ...
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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...
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DROPPED: i.e. dropped [moisture]....
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These verses are borrowed, with some omissions and alterations, from
the Song of Deborah (Judges 5:4-5):
"Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir,
When thou didst march out of the field of Edom...
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_shook_ R.V. trembled.
_dropped_ Torrents of rain accompanied the thunders and lightnings.
Cp. Psalms 77:17 f.
_at the presence of God_ Cp. Psalms 68:1.
even _Sinai itself_was moved] R.V., Even yon...
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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....
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The Exodus from Egypt and the Entry into Canaan....
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THE EARTH SHOOK, &C.— When the people arrived at Sinai, and God
descended on the mountain, _the earth trembled at his presence; the
heavens also dropped, i.e._ dissolved into showers, as the consequen...
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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...
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_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 sustaini...
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68:8 Israel. (f-23) See Judges 5:3 ,Judges 5:5 ....
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THE HEAVENS ALSO DROPPED] in the rain which accompanied the
thunderstorms of Sinai: see Psalms 77:17....
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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...
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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...
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_[Psalms 68:9]_ אֶ֤רֶץ רָעָ֨שָׁה ׀ אַף
־שָׁמַ֣יִם נָטְפוּ֮...
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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...
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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 hil...
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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...
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_Reproach. Because I would not adore idols. Christ undertook to
expiate our offences, and to satisfy the justice of his Father, Romans
xv. 3. (Calmet)_...
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Here is a magnificent description, though in few words, of that great
event which the church in all ages desires to keep in remembrance,
namely, God's presence and movement in a pillar of cloud by day...
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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...
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THE EARTH SHOOK,.... Not only about Sinai, but in other places; see
Psalms 114:1. It may also design the dread and trembling of the
inhabitants of the earth, when they heard of the wonderful things Go...
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The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:
[even] Sinai itself [was moved] at the presence of God, the God of
Israel.
Ver. 8. _The earth shook, the heavens also dropped_] _Velu...
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Psa. 68:8, 9. "The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the
presence of God, even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God,
the God of Israel. Thou, O Lord, didst send a plentiful rain, where...
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_O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people_ In the cloudy
pillar, as their captain, leading them out of Egypt; _the earth shook
_ Or, _trembled_, that is, either the inhabitants of those parts...
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the earth shook, in a mighty earthquake, THE HEAVENS ALSO DROPPED AT
THE PRESENCE OF GOD, their heavy storm-clouds coming down to rest upon
the mountain; EVEN SINAI ITSELF WAS MOVED AT THE PRESENCE OF...
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OF THE MESSIAH'S EXALTATION.
To the chief musician, a psalm or song of David, the event which was
the immediate cause for writing this powerful hymn, according to most
commentators. being the placing...
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7-14 Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies. If God
bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them
in it, and to bring them out of it. He provided for them, both...
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Psalms 68:8 earth H776 shook H7493 (H8804) heavens H8064 dropped H5197
(H8804) presence H6440 God H430 Sinai...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:7 These verses recall the way God led his
people THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, from SINAI to his INHERITANCE (Canaan,
now the land of Israel). There God’s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 5:23; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 19:18; Habakkuk 3:13;...
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Dropped — Poured down great showers, which accompanied those mighty
thunders....