Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 68:20
[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the (p) issues from death.
(p) Even in most extreme dangers, God has infinite ways to deliver his.
[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the (p) issues from death.
(p) Even in most extreme dangers, God has infinite ways to deliver his.
Verse Psalms 68:20. _THE ISSUES FROWN DEATH._] The _going out_ or _exodus_ from _death _- from the land of Egypt and house of bondage. Or the expression may mean, Life and death are in the hand of God...
HE THAT IS OUR GOD IS THE GOD OF SALVATION - literally, “God is for us a God of salvation.” That is, The God whom we worship is the God from whom salvation comes, and who brings salvation to us. It is...
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...
HE THAT IS. These italics may be omitted, or otherwise supplied. "The El [we have] is the El", &c. GOD THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Adonai. THE ISSUES FROM. means of escape from. (No Art.) DEATH. Wi...
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...
God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto JEHOVAH the Lord belong the issues from death. The plural denotes mighty and manifold deliverances. Cp. Psalms 44:4. God is printed in capital letters...
DISCOURSE: 610 GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR HIS BENEFITS Psalms 68:19._ Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation! He that is our God is the God of salvation; and...
UNTO GOD THE LORD BELONG THE ISSUES FROM DEATH— The original words may certainly be rendered, _The goings forth of Jehovah the Lord are unto death;_ or, _the goings forth of death belong to the Lord J...
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...
_HE THAT IS OUR GOD IS THE GOD OF SALVATION; AND UNTO GOD THE LORD BELONG THE ISSUES FROM DEATH._ He that is our God - i:e., the God of Israel. IS THE GOD OF SALVATION - literally, of salvations. T...
68:20 salvation; (r-7) Or '*God is for us a *God of salvations.'...
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...
RV 'God is unto us a God of deliverances: and unto Jehovahthe Lord,' etc. THE ISSUES FROM DEATH] the ways of escape from death, which God can provide....
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...
HE THAT IS. — The insertion is unnecessary. Render, _God unto us_ (_i.e., our God_)_ is a God of salvation._ ISSUES FROM DEATH. — Literally, _for death goings out._ The same word rendered _issues_ in...
(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 68:21]_ הָ֤ אֵ֣ל ׀ לָנוּ֮ אֵ֤ל לְֽ...
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...
_Shame, ( reverentiam.) St. Augustine, &c., read verecundiam. (Calmet) --- Christ was covered with all sorts of reproach. (Haydock) (Eusebius)_...
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...
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...
[HE THAT IS] OUR GOD,.... Or "God for us" q; is on our side; and is the mighty God, able to save to the uttermost; [IS] THE GOD OF SALVATION; or "God for salvations" r; for the obtaining of them for...
Psalms 68:20 [He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death. Ver. 20. _He that is our God, is the God of salvation_] Or, This God is unto us a Go...
_Blessed be the Lord_, &c. Having surveyed God's dispensations of grace and mercy to his church and people, thus manifested in their redemption and salvation, the psalmist is so overcome with gratitud...
He that is our God, again the language of trusting faith, IS THE GOD OF SALVATION, of the many acts of deliverance which we experience in our lives; AND UNTO GOD THE LORD BELONG THE ISSUES FROM DEATH,...
THE EXALTATION AND REIGN OF MESSIAH...
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...
BELONG, i.e. they are only in his hand and power to dispose them as he pleaseth. THE ISSUES, Heb. _the outgoings_ or _evasions_, escapes or deliverances, as a Greek word of the same signification is u...
Psalms 68:20 God H410 God H410 salvation H4190 GOD H3069 Lord H136 escapes H8444 death H4194 our God -...
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 Samuel 2:6; Deuteronomy 32:39; Hebrews 2:14; Hebrews 2:15; Hosea 1:7;
Issues — Escapes or deliverances....