Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 68:24
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.
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.
Verse Psalms 68:24. _THEY HAVE SEEN THY GOINGS_] These kings of the Amorites have seen thy terrible majesty in their discomfiture, and the slaughter of their subjects....
THEY HAVE SEEN THY GOINGS, O GOD - That is, the lookers on in the solemn procession referred to in Psalms 68:25; or, in other words, Thy goings have been attended by pomp and magnificence, and have be...
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...
GOINGS. progression, or procession. Compare 2Sa.; 1 Chronicles 15:16, where the order is given as in verses: Psalms 68:24; Psalms 68:25 here. GOINGS. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ IN. in
_They have seen_ The subject is significantly indefinite: it includes all men, who have been the spectators of the conflict between God and His enemies. Cp. Psalms 98:1-3; Isaiah 40:5. _thy goings_ Th...
These verses describe a solemn procession of thanksgiving to the Temple. But is it past, present, or future? Delitzsch is right when he says that it is "not the rejoicing over a victory lately won, no...
THEY HAVE SEEN THY GOINGS, O GOD— These words contain a sort of triumph, that this great work of translating the ark was now so happily accomplished. _Thy people have seen thy goings—thy marches, O Go...
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...
_THEY HAVE SEEN THY GOINGS, O GOD; EVEN THE GOINGS OF MY GOD, MY KING, IN THE SANCTUARY._ They have seen. The crowding spectators have seen, as distinguished from those forming the procession. THY...
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...
IN] RV 'into.'...
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...
GOINGS. — Better, _processions._ (Comp. Psalms 42:4.) IN THE SANCTUARY. — Rather, _into the sanctuary. _...
(24-27) These hopes of national deliverance are kept alive in the worship of the sanctuary, which the poet now proceeds to describe. A solemn procession advances to the Temple, and we have a descripti...
_[Psalms 68:25]_ רָא֣וּ הֲלִיכֹותֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִ֑ים הֲלִ֘יכֹ֤ות אֵלִ֖י
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...
They have seen (s) thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. (s) That is, how you who are chief King goes out with your people to war, and gives them the victory....
_Always. The Babylonians were ordered by Cyrus to look upon the Persians as their masters. (Xenophon vii.) --- Nothing could more strikingly point out the present condition of the Jews than this passa...
Is not this a similar address, from the Father to the Son, to what we meet with, Psalms 45:6, and which the Holy Ghost hath explained Hebrews 1:6 ? And if so, what a glorious view doth it afford of Go...
24._They have seen thy goings, O God! _This verse may refer to processions of a warlike kind, or to such as are made in times of peace by those who give thanks for victory. It is customary for the peo...
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...
THEY HAVE SEEN THY GOINGS, O GOD,.... In saving his people, and destroying his enemies; [EVEN] THE GOINGS OF MY GOD, MY KING, IN THE SANCTUARY; the walk and conversation of Christ, when he was made f...
They have seen thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. Ver. 24. _They have seen thy goings, O God_] Namely, the holy manner of conducting the ark with even and prop...
_They_, &c. When the ark was safely deposited, the sacrifices offered, the solemnity well nigh concluded, and the whole assembly about to return back, Dr. Chandler supposes the singers struck up and j...
THE EXALTATION AND REIGN OF MESSIAH...
They, the members of the Church of God, HAVE SEEN THY GOINGS, O GOD, His triumphal march; EVEN THE GOINGS OF MY GOD, MY KING, IN THE SANCTUARY, as His procession moves on in holiness....
22-28 The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as the...
THEY HAVE SEEN: it is an indefinite expression; men saw and observed it, thy people to their comfort, and thine enemies with terror and astonishment. THY GOINGS; either, 1. How thou didst march befor...
Psalms 68:24 seen H7200 (H8804) procession H1979 God H430 procession H1979 God H410 King H4428 sanctuary H6944...
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...
_They have seen Thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary._ THE PROGRESS OF DIVINE TRUTH IN THE WORLD I. Some men merely witness the progress of Divine truth (Psalms 68:...
_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 68:24 These verses describe a PROCESSION of Israelites, which consists of SINGERS, followed by VIRGINS PLAYING TAMBOURINES, with the
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...
1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:16; 2 Samuel 6:12; Psalms 24:7;...