John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:9
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain ,.... Not of water literally taken, as when the Israelites passed through the sea, Psalm 77:17 ; or when the thunderings and lightnings were on Mount Sinai, at the giving of the law, which are commonly attended with rain, Exodus 19:16 ; or in the land of Canaan, which was the land that drank in the water of the rain of heaven, Deuteronomy 11:11 ; nor the rain of manna and of quails, as Arama, Exodus 16:4 ; but either the effusion of the Holy... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 68:7-14
The psalmist here, having occasion to give God thanks for the great things he had done for him and his people of late, takes occasion thence to praise him for what he had done for their fathers in the days of old. Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies and revive our grateful sense of them. Let it never be forgotten, I. That God himself was the guide of Israel through the wilderness; when he had brought them out of their chains he did not leave them in the dry land, but he... read more