Psalms 68:4
Jah — Is an abbreviation of the name Jehovah, which the Heathens pronounced Jao. Before him — Before the ark where he is present, as David is said to dance before the Lord, upon this occasion, 2 Samuel 6:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jah — Is an abbreviation of the name Jehovah, which the Heathens pronounced Jao. Before him — Before the ark where he is present, as David is said to dance before the Lord, upon this occasion, 2 Samuel 6:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
Habitation — In heaven.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rebellious — Those who rebel against God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wentest — In the cloudy pillar, as their captain leading them up out of Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
Dropped — Poured down great showers, which accompanied those mighty thunders.... [ Continue Reading ]
Weary — Dry and thirsty, and parched with excessive heat, and ready to faint for want of rain, Psalms 63:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy congregation — The people of Israel. It — This land for the use of thy people: which God did by designing it for them, and expelling the old inhabitants; by furnishing it with all sorts of provisions, and making it fruitful by his special blessing. Poor — Such thy really were, when God undertook... [ Continue Reading ]
Gave — He put this triumphant song into their mouths.... [ Continue Reading ]
Kings — The kings of Canaan, and other nations who came forth against the Israelites, accompanied with great and numerous armies. The spoil — There was enough, not only for those who took it, but also to be divided to their wives and children, when they came home.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye — Ye Israelites. Ye are — Tho' you have formerly been exposed to great reproach and misery, yet God hath changed your condition. Gold — Beautiful and glorious, like the feathers of a dove, which according to the variety of its postures, and of the light shining upon it, look like silver and gold.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therein — In Canaan, at the coming of the Israelites. The land was as white as mount Salmon is with the snow.... [ Continue Reading ]
The hill — Zion, the seat of God's ark. High hill — Which is not to be understood of external height, but of its spiritual height, or exaltation, in regard of the glorious privileges of God's presence, and worship.... [ Continue Reading ]
Leap — Why do you triumph and look upon Zion with contempt? He speaks to the hills by an usual figure. Will dwell — This hill, though despicable in your eyes, is precious in God's, and chosen by him for his perpetual residence.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 uncertain. Among them — Here the psalmist seems to be transported by the prophetic spirit, from the narra... [ Continue Reading ]
Ascended — This has a manifest reference to Christ, and his ascension into heaven, in whom alone it is literally accomplished, and to whom therefore it is ascribed, Ephesians 4:8. Although the expressions are borrowed from the ancient custom of princes, who, after some glorious achievements, used to... [ Continue Reading ]
Issues — Escapes or deliverances.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hairy — In ancient times many people used to wear long and shaggy hair, that their looks might be more terrible to their enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
Bring again — I will give my people as great deliverances as I formerly did, when I saved them from Og, king of Bashan. The sea — From the Egyptians at the Red Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
That, &c. — And as it was at the Red Sea, and at Bashan before, so yet again thine enemies shall be slain in such numbers, that thou mayst wade in their blood, and thy dogs lick it up in the field.... [ Continue Reading ]
They — Men saw and observed it. Goings — The procession of the ark to Zion, the solemnity whereof is particularly described in the following verses. The sanctuary — The tabernacle prepared for it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Fountain — All ye people of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
There is — Present in this solemn pomp of carrying the ark to Zion. Little — Called little, because it was exceedingly diminished, and almost extinguished under the Judges, Judges 20:35, Judges 21:3 &c. Ruler — The tribe which had lately swayed the scepter, but now submitted to David. Company — The... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy God — Having spoken of Israel, he now directs his speech to them. Commanded — Hath ordained or effectually procured. Thy strength — all that strength and power which thou hast put forth at any time... [ Continue Reading ]
thy temple — The temple which Solomon shall build. Kings — Kings of the Gentiles: which was done in part, in the times of Solomon and Hezekiah, but more fully when the Lord was come into his temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rebuke — Chastise those that will not bring presents to thee. The bulls — The fierce and furious adversaries of God, and of his church; the calves, are people or soldiers depending upon them. Delight — That merely out of a love to mischief and spoil, make war upon others, and upon us particularly.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ethiopia — He names these, as the ancient enemies of God, and of his people; but by them he understands all other nations of the like character. Unto God — Begging mercy of him. This prophecy, as also the next verse, evidently belongs to the times of the Messiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Heavens — The highest heavens; dwelling there in infinite glory, and from thence looking down upon all the inhabitants of the earth, and ruling them by his almighty power. Of old — From the beginning of the world; whereas the ark was only some hundred years old. A voice — His gospel, published by Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
Ascribe — Acknowledge that he is able to do whatsoever he pleaseth. Excellency — His excellent power and goodness. Is over — Dwells among them. He is indeed the universal Lord, but in a special manner, he is the God of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
Terrible — Deservedly to be feared.... [ Continue Reading ]