JAH. See App-4. Compare Exodus 15:2. The Divine Titles enrich this Psalm: Elohim occurs twenty-six times, because the Psalm has to do with the scattering of His enemies. The first occurrence of JAH is in Exodus 15:2, and in the Psalms this first occurrence is in the second, or Exodus book.
Verse Psalms 68:4. _EXTOL HIM THAT RIDETH UPON THE HEAVENS BY HIS NAME JAH_] "Extol him who sitteth on the throne of glory, in the ninth heaven; YAH is his name; and rejoice before him." - _Targum_....
SING UNTO GOD, SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME - That is, to him; the name being often put for the person himself. The repetition denotes intensity of desire; a wish that God might be praised with the highes...
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...
to _his name_ Praising Him for all that He has revealed Himself to be. Cp. Psalms 44:8; Exodus 3:15. _extol_&c. Render, Cast up a high way for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is JAH;...
God's people are summoned to welcome Him and prepare the way for His coming: He is the champion of the weak and defenceless, the liberator of the captive....
SING UNTO GOD, &C.— _Sing unto God; celebrate his name in songs: prepare the way for Him who rideth through the deserts; his name is JAH, and exult ye before him._ Chandler. See Isaiah 40:2. The Psalm...
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...
_SING UNTO GOD, SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME: EXTOL HIM THAT RIDETH UPON THE HEAVENS BY HIS NAME JAH, AND REJOICE BEFORE HIM._ Sing ... extol him that rideth upon the heavens. The Hebrew, 'extol' х_ CAAL...
68:4 for (b-12) Or 'triumph in.' Jah; (c-22) The existing One, objectively. Jah occurs 43 times from Psalms 68 to 150 and 7 times elsewhere -- Exodus 15:2 , see Note; 17.16; Song of Solomon 8:6 ;...
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...
EXTOL.. HEAVENS] RV 'cast up a high way for him that rideth through the deserts': cp. Isaiah 40:3. BY HIS NAME JAH] RV 'his name is JAH,' an abbreviation of Jehovah, as in Hallelujah....
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...
SING PRAISES... — Better, _play on the harp._ EXTOL HIM THAT RIDETH UPON THE HEAVENS. — Rather, _cast up a highway for him that rideth on the steppes._ (Comp. Isaiah 40:3, of which this is apparently...
_[Psalms 68:5]_ שִׁ֤ירוּ ׀ לֵֽ אלֹהִים֮ זַמְּר֪וּ שְׁ֫מֹ֥ו...
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...
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...
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...
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name (c) JAH, and rejoice before him. (c) Jah and Jehovah are the names of God, signifying his incomprehensible...
_Hoarse. This might be literally true, as Christ had suffered the greatest torments, and recited this and the 21st psalm on the cross; looking up towards heaven, so that his eyes were weakened, as wel...
Reader, do not fail to observe in what an endearing point of view the church is called upon to triumph in her covenant God. First, in his glorious incommunicable name JAH, self existent, and in himsel...
4_Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: exalt him _(12) _that rideth, etc. _He now proceeds to call upon the Lord’s people to praise God. And he begins by pointing out the grounds in general, as I...
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...
SING UNTO GOD,.... Manifest in the flesh, risen from the dead, ascended on high, set down at the right hand of his divine Father; having exerted his great strength in their redemption; and therefore s...
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Ver. 4. _Sing unto God, sing praises_] _Cantate, Psallite,_ do it daily and du...
_Sing unto God_, &c. “The prophet here exhorts the people of God to magnify with Psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, the eternal and incommunicable name of Him _who was, and is, and is to come;_ w...
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...
Sing unto God, sing praises to His name, extolling His divine essence and attributes, as revealed in His Word; EXTOL HIM THAT RIDETH UPON THE HEAVENS, rather, cast up a road for Him who driveth along...
1-6 None ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. God is the joy of his people, then let them rejoice when they come before him. He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all,...
EXTOL HIM, by praising him; of which this verb is used, PROVERBS 4:8. Or rather, _raise up or prepare the way for him_; for so this word is commonly used, as ISAIAH 57:14, ISAIAH 57:10, and elsewhere....
Psalms 68:4 Sing H7891 (H8798) God H430 praises H2167 (H8761) name H8034 Extol H5549 (H8798) rides...
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...
_Sing unto God._ THE SERVICE OF SONG The spirit of holy song is not confined to any denomination. It is given as a precious boon to kings and shepherds, rich and poor, bond and free, men and women, C...
_Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered: let them alone that hate Him flee before Him._ A GOOD PRAYER This was what was always said by Moses, when the ark set forward afresh in the wilderness. E...
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 68:4 The faithful are to SING TO GOD because he has shown himself kind, especially to helpless people (FATHERLESS; WIDOWS, see...
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...
Deuteronomy 33:26; Exodus 3:14; Exodus 6:3; Exodus 6:8; Isaiah 12:4;...
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 Samue...