Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 68:21
Hairy — In ancient times many people used to wear long and shaggy hair, that their looks might be more terrible to their enemies.
Hairy — In ancient times many people used to wear long and shaggy hair, that their looks might be more terrible to their enemies.
Verse Psalms 68:21. _THE HAIRY SCALP_] קדקד שער _kodkod sear_. Does this mean any thing like the Indian _scalping_? Or does it refer to a _crest_ on a _helmet_ or _headcap_? I suppose the latter....
BUT GOD SHALL WOUND THE HEAD OF HIS ENEMIES - More properly, “God shall crush the head,” etc. The idea is that of complete destruction, - as, if the head is crushed, life becomes ex tinct. See Genesis...
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...
TRESPASSES. Hebrew. _'asham._ App-44....
The second part of the Psalm (19 35) begins here. From reviewing the triumphs of God in the past the Psalmist turns to the present and the future. God is an ever-present Saviour; He will take vengeanc...
_But God shall wound the head_&c.) Yea, God shall smite through the head &c. Cp. Judges 5:26; Habakkuk 3:13-14. and _the hairy scalp_ Omit _and_. The warrior's long hair is mentioned not merely as "a...
GOD SHALL WOUND, &C.— According to the emphasis of the original word, _God shall exhaust,—draw forth the blood of, the head of his enemies,_ or utterly destroy them by the sword. "He will avenge himse...
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...
_BUT GOD SHALL WOUND THE HEAD OF HIS ENEMIES, AND THE HAIRY SCALP OF SUCH AN ONE AS GOETH ON STILL IN HIS TRESPASSES._ But God shall wound the head of his enemies - (Psalms 110:6.)...
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...
WOUND] RV 'smite through.' THE HAIRY SCALP] the long flowing locks which were the sign of the warrior's strength and of his devotion to his cause. See Deuteronomy 32:42; RM, 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...
HAIRY SCALP. — Literally, _crown,_ or _top,_ or _head of hair._ The word is rendered “pate” in Psalms 7:16. This is probably a portrait of some historical person hostile to Israel. Others take it as a...
(19-23) The abrupt transition from the scene of triumph just described to the actual reality of things which the psalmist now for the first time faces, really gives the key to the intention of the poe...
_[Psalms 68:22]_ אַךְ ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִמְחַץ֮ רֹ֤אשׁ אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו...
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...
_Misery. For which I ardently longed, as the Fathers explain it. --- None. I expected that my brethren would at least condole with me: but I was deceived. Christ drank the bitter chalice to the dregs,...
Who that contemplates the divine love, especially as manifested in the verse going before, but must break out, with the church, in this short but sweet hymn of praise? The Lord not only gives us benef...
21._Surely God shall wound, etc. _The enemies of the Church are fierce and formidable, and it is impossible that she can be preserved from their continued assaults, without a vigorous protection being...
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...
BUT GOD SHALL WOUND THE HEAD OF HIS ENEMIES,.... Him who is the chief of his enemies, even Satan the prince of devils, the god of the world, the father of the wicked Jews, all enemies of Christ; to "w...
_But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses._ Ver. 21. _But God shall wound the head of his enemies_] _Cruentabit caput,_ a...
_But God shall wound the head of his enemies_ Of Satan, the old serpent, of whom it was, by the first promise, foretold, that _the seed of the woman should bruise his head;_ and the heads of all the p...
THE EXALTATION AND REIGN OF MESSIAH...
But God shall wound the head of His enemies, break it to pieces, utterly destroy them, AND THE HAIRY SCALP OF SUCH AN ONE AS GOETH ON STILL IN HIS TRESPASSES, whose defiant wildness refuses to bow to...
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 HEAD; either, 1. The political head, their ruler or rulers, the devil or other wicked Christians. Or rather, 2. The natural head, as appears from the following expression, added to explain this,...
Psalms 68:21 God H430 wound H4272 (H8799) head H7218 enemies H341 (H8802) hairy H8181 scalp H6936 on...
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...
_But God shall wound the head of His enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses._ GOD’S THREATENINGS AGAINST INCORRIGIBLE SINNERS I. The persons threatened. 1. I...
_Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation._ GOD AS THE DELIVERER OF HIS PEOPLE I. A liberal dispenser of daily blessings (Psalms 68:19). “Daily beareth o...
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 68:19 The SALVATION here involves military victories (STRIKE THE HEADS; STRIKE YOUR FEET IN THEIR BLOOD)....
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...
Ezekiel 18:27; Habakkuk 3:13; Hebrews 12:25; Hebrews 2:1; Luke 13:5;