Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 68:31
Princes shall come out (b) of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
(b) He prophecies that the Gentiles will come to the true knowledge and worship of God.
Princes shall come out (b) of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
(b) He prophecies that the Gentiles will come to the true knowledge and worship of God.
Verse Psalms 68:31. _ETHIOPIA SHALL SOON STRETCH OUT HER HANDS UNTO GOD._] This verse had its literal fulfilment under Solomon, when Egypt formed an alliance with that king by his marriage with Phara...
PRINCES SHALL COME OUT OF EGYPT - That is, Shall come and acknowledge the true God. Egypt is referred to here as one of the most prominent of the foreign nations then known; and the idea is, that the...
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...
ETHIOPIA. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for Ethiopians. STRETCH OUT HER HANDS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), either for bringing presents, as in Psalms 68:29, or...
The purpose and sequel of the restoration of Israel is the conversion of the world; and the Psalmist now prays that God will display His strength and subdue all opposition, and sees the noblest of the...
_Princes_ Or, magnates. LXX πρέσβεις, _ambassadors_. The word occurs here only, and is of doubtful meaning. _shall soon stretch out_&c. R.V., shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God, either in t...
PRINCES SHALL COME OUT OF EGYPT, &C.— Rather, _Let princes come;—Let Ethiopia stretch,_ &c. The word חשׁמנים _chashmanniim,_ rendered _princes,_ signifies a princely person, accompanied by a numerous...
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...
_THY GOD HATH COMMANDED THY STRENGTH: STRENGTHEN, O GOD, THAT WHICH THOU HAST WROUGHT FOR US._ -The glorious deliverances vouchsafed to His people, by God dwelling in Zion, give an earnest of the fut...
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...
EGYPT] as Israel's ancient enemy. ETHIOPIA] as one of the remotest of lands. 33, 34 Cp. Deuteronomy 33:26....
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...
PRINCES. — Or, _magnates._ ETHIOPIA. — Literally, _Cush shall make to run his hands to God,_ an idiom easily intelligible, expressing hasty submission. (32–35) A noble doxology, worthy of the close...
_[Psalms 68:32]_ יֶאֱתָ֣יוּ חַ֭שְׁמַנִּים מִנִּ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם כּ֥וּשׁ
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...
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...
31._Princes shall come out of Egypt. _He resumes the strain of thanksgiving, and confirms what he had previously asserted, that kings would come and pay tribute unto God. The examples which he brings...
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...
PRINCES SHALL COME OUT OF EGYPT,.... The Vulgate Latin and all the Oriental versions render it "ambassadors". This verse is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, under the names of Egypt and E...
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Ver. 31. _Princes shall come out of Egypt_] The Gentiles shall one day be called, and caused _Deum verum cognoscer...
_Princes shall come out of Egypt_ The word חשׁמנים, _chashmannim_, here rendered _princes_, is not found elsewhere in the Scriptures, and therefore its precise meaning is not certainly known. Elias, a...
THE EXALTATION AND REIGN OF MESSIAH...
Princes shall come out of Egypt, magnates submitting themselves to the rule of the Messiah. ETHIOPIA SHALL SOON STRETCH OUT HER HANDS UNTO GOD, offering tribute to the King of grace....
29-31 A powerful invitation is given to those that are without, to join the church. Some shall submit from fear; overcome by their consciences, and the checks of Providence, they are brought to make...
EGYPT, ETHIOPIA: he names only these, as the great and ancient enemies of God, and of his people, and as a most wicked, and idolatrous, and incorrigible sort of men; see JEREMIAH 13:23 AMOS 9:7; but b...
Psalms 68:31 Envoys H2831 out H857 (H8799) Egypt H4714 Ethiopia H3568 out H7323 (H8686) hands H3027 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...
_Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God._ ETHIOPIA’S APPEAL Ethiopia is a woman who, after the manner of the poets, represents the whole race of the Ethiopians, just as Britannia, in our...
_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 68:28 The defeat of the Gentile enemies (here described as fierce wild animals) is a good thing. Their greedy and bloody intentions (v. Psalms 68:30) are stopped. As a result of
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 8:22; Acts 8:27; Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 60:6;...
Ethiopia — He names these, as the ancient enemies of God, and of his people; but by them he understands all other nations of the like character. Unto God — Begging mercy of him. This prophecy, as also...