Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 68:35
Out of thy holy places — i.e., out of Zion. The plural “places” occurs also in Ps. lxxiii, 17 (Heb.).
Out of thy holy places — i.e., out of Zion. The plural “places” occurs also in Ps. lxxiii, 17 (Heb.).
Verse Psalms 68:35. _O GOD_, THOU ART _TERRIBLE OUT OF THY HOLY PLACES_] The sanctuary and heaven. Out of the former he had often shone forth with consuming splendour; see the case of Korah and his co...
O GOD, THOU ART TERRIBLE OUT OF THY HOLY PLACES - The places where thou dwellest, and from which thou dost manifest thyself. That is, The manifestations which thou dost make of thyself when thou seeme...
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...
THOU ART TERRIBLE. Supply _Ellipsis_ thus: "[To be feared] is God from His Sanctuary". THY HOLY PLACES. Septuagint and Vulg, read the singular. It is the plural of majesty. HOLY. See note on Exodus...
All nations are summoned to unite in praising Israel's God....
_O God_, thou art _terrible_&c. This rendering is retained in R.V., but grammar requires us to render (cp. R.V. marg.); Terrible is God out of thy sanctuary. Israel is addressed: and the verse is the...
DISCOURSE: 611 THE CHARACTER OF GOD Psalms 68:35. _The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people: blessed be God!_ THE consideration of God’s power is to his enemies awful in...
O GOD, THOU ART TERRIBLE, &C.— I would join the words thus; _O God, the God of Israel, thou art terrible out of thy holy places._ Heaven was his sanctuary of old; his earthly sanctuary was on Sion; he...
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, YE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH; O SING PRAISES UNTO THE LORD; SELAH:_ -All the kingdoms of the earth are exhorted to praise the God of Israel (Psalms 66:1). Verse 32,33. SING UNTO GOD, YE K...
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...
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...
_[Psalms 68:36]_ נֹ֤ורָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֗ים מִֽ מִּקְדָּ֫שֶׁ֥יךָ אֵ֤ל...
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 GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH Psalms 68:26 The constituent parts of the procession are now described, and in these closing verses the triumphal note rings out. It tells of the confidence of Israel in h...
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...
O God, [thou art] (d) terrible out of thy holy (e) places: the God of Israel [is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed [be] God. (d) In showing fearful judgments against your...
_Therein, the fish. Our admiration of creatures causes us to praise God. (St. Augustine; St. Hilary)_...
How very applicable and suited is this hymn of praise, for all the redeemed upon earth to use, after the review of such unspeakable mercies as this Psalm hath recorded! Who can withhold the just tribu...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! pause over what thou hast read in this divine, this gospel Psalm. What though David sang the invocation in it, to thy God and Saviour, at the bringing up the ark, yet was it by fa...
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...
O GOD, [THOU ART] TERRIBLE,.... In his judgments and acts of vengeance, on antichrist and the antichristian states; being the Lion of the tribe of Judah, that will break them to pieces as a potter's v...
O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel [is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed [be] God. Ver. 35. _O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy pla...
_O God, thou art terrible_ Hebrew, נורא, _nora, venerable_, yea, infinitely worthy to be both reverenced and feared. _Out of thy holy places_ Or, _sanctuaries._ “Heaven was his sanctuary of old; his e...
O God, Thou art terrible out of Thy holy places, to be regarded with fear and reverence; THE GOD OF ISRAEL IS HE THAT GIVETH STRENGTH AND POWER UNTO HIS PEOPLE, to the assembly of believers in Him, to...
THE EXALTATION AND REIGN OF MESSIAH...
32-35 God is to be admired and adored with reverence and godly fear, by all that attend in his holy places. The God of Israel gives strength and power unto his people. Through Christ strengthening us...
TERRIBLE; or, _venerable_; deservedly to be both reverenced and feared. HOLY PLACES; or, _sanctuaries_. He useth the plural number; either, 1. Of the sanctuary in Zion, because the tabernacle and tem...
Psalms 68:35 God H430 awesome H3372 (H8737) places H4720 God H410 Israel H3478 gives H5414 (H8802) strength...
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...
_Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which Thou hast wrought for us._ THE MORAL FORCE OF GOD I. Subjugating men. 1. Commanding kings (Psalms 68:29). 2. Subjugating enemies...
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 68:32 All the Gentile KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH are urged to SING TO GOD. ⇐...
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...
Colossians 1:11; Deuteronomy 33:25; Ephesians 3:16; Exodus 15:1;...
Terrible — Deservedly to be feared....