Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 68:23
RV 'That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.' God is still the speaker, and Israel is addressed. For the tone cp. Psalms 58:10.
RV 'That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.' God is still the speaker, and Israel is addressed. For the tone cp. Psalms 58:10.
Verse Psalms 68:23. _THAT THY FOOT MAY BE DIPPED IN THE BLOOD_] God will make such a slaughter among his enemies, the Amorites, that thou shalt walk over their dead bodies; and beasts of prey shall fe...
THAT THY FOOT MAY BE DIPPED IN THE BLOOD OF THINE ENEMIES ... - Margin, “red.” A more literal rendering would be, “That thou mayest crush - thy foot in blood - the tongue of thy dogs from the enemies,...
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...
DIPPED. Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "bathed". Compare Isaiah 63:3; Revelation 19:13. DOGS IN THE SAME. Supply the _Ellipsis_ from the context: "dogs [may lick] the same"....
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...
That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from (thine) enemies. This rendering of the R.V. probably gives the right sense, though the Heb. presents som...
THAT THY FOOT MAY BE DIPPED— _That thou mayest shake thy foot in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same._ The verb refers to both clauses; and no word could be more proper....
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...
_THAT THY FOOT MAY BE DIPPED IN THE BLOOD OF THINE ENEMIES, AND THE TONGUE OF THY DOGS IN THE SAME._ That thy foot may be dipped - literally, that thou mayest dash about: the same Hebrew as in Psalms...
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...
THAT THY FOOT. — This makes an unnecessary transposition of a very involved sentence. The image is perfectly clear, though the syntax, as often happens in all languages, goes tripping itself up. The c...
(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 68:24]_ לְמַ֤עַן ׀ תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ רַגְלְךָ֗ בְּ֫ דָ֥ם...
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...
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs (r) in the same. (r) That is, in the blood of that great slaughter, where dogs will lap blood....
Let their table, &c. What here follows in the style of an imprecation, is a prophecy of the wretched state to which the Jews should be reduced, in punishment of their wilful obstinacy; (Challoner) or...
In allusion to the bringing the church out of Egypt at the first, the Lord here speaks of bringing the church again, with a far greater deliverance, from the depths of danger, by the triumphs of redem...
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...
THAT THY FOOT MAY BE DIPPED IN THE BLOOD OF [THINE] ENEMIES,.... This verse is in connection with Psalms 68:21, with Psalms 68:23 being to be read in a parenthesis: the sense is, that the Messiah woul...
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same. Ver. 23. _That thy foot may be dipped_] Heb. redded, imbrued, made gore bloody. Hereby is implie...
_The Lord said_ Purposed within himself, and promised by divers of his prophets, though not in the same words which are here used: see 2 Samuel 4:8. _I will bring again from Bashan_ I will repeat my a...
that thy foot, that of the Church personified as one individual, MAY BE DIPPED IN THE BLOOD OF THINE ENEMIES, which would flow copiously as the Lord struck them down in punishment, AND THE TONGUE OF T...
THE EXALTATION AND REIGN OF MESSIAH...
DIPPED: Or, red...
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...
And as it was at the Red Sea and at Bashan before, so yet again thine enemies shall be slain in such great numbers, that thou mayst wade in their blood, and thy dogs lick it up in the field....
Psalms 68:23 foot H7272 crush H4272 (H8799) blood H1818 tongues H3956 dogs H3611 enemies H341 (H8802)...
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...
_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...
1 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 9:33; Isaiah 63:1; Psalms 58
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....