psalm-68:11-18

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 68:15-21

David, having given God praise for what he had done for Israel in general, as the God of Israel (Ps. 68:8), here comes to give him praise as Zion's God in a special manner; compare Ps. 9:11. Sing praises to the Lord who dwelleth in Zion, for which reason Zion is called the hill of God. I. He compares it with the hill of Bashan and other high and fruitful hills, and prefers it before them, Ps. 68:15, 16. It is true, Zion was but little and low in comparison with them, and was not covered over... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:11

The Lord gave the word ,.... The word of the Gospel to his apostles. He committed the word of reconciliation to them; he intrusted them with it, as a sacred depositum; he gave gifts unto them, qualifying them for the ministration of it; he gave them a commission to preach it; and he gave them a door of utterance to speak it as it should be, and an opportunity to publish it. The Targum wrongly interprets it of the word of the law; great was the company of those that published it ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:12

Kings of armies did flee apace ,.... Or "they fled, they fled" F25 ידדון ידדון "fugiebant, fugiebant", Pagninus, Montanus; "fugerunt, fugerunt", Tigurine version, Musculus. ; or "they flee, they flee". This is either the subject matter of the word "published", the words of the publishers so saying; or the effect of the publication of the Gospel: for though some, by these kings of armies, understand the apostles either fleeing from place to place because of persecution, or running... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:13

Though ye have lain among the pots ,.... Kimchi takes these words to be the words of the women, or of the psalmist addressing the Israelites going out to war; that though they should lie in a low, dark, and disagreeable place, in the camp, in the open field, exposed to wind and weather; yet they should be fair and beautiful, and be loaded with gold and silver, the spoil of the enemy. But Fortunatus Scacchus F26 Elaeochrism. Sacr. l. 3. c. 24. refers them, much better, to the encampment... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:14

When the Almighty scattered kings in it ,.... His inheritance, his congregation, the church, Psalm 68:9 . Which some understand of his diffusing, and spreading and giving, in large numbers, ministers and preachers of the Gospel, pastors and teachers; who are kings and spiritual governors, are over churches, and have the rule over them in the Lord: and so Jarchi interprets them of the disciples of the wise men. Or they may be understood of the Lord's bringing into his churches such as are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:15

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan ,.... The church is the hill of God, an excellent and supereminent one, and in which he dwells, as is said in Psalm 68:16 ; called an hill for its visibility, and especially as it will be in the latter day, when it will be established and exalted above the mountains and hills, the kingdoms of this world, Isaiah 2:2 ; this is compared to the hill of Bashan for fertility and fruitfulness; hence we read of the kine and bulls, the rams and lambs,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:16

Why leap ye, ye high hills ?.... Meaning the kingdoms of this world that lift up themselves above, and look with contempt upon the interest, kingdom, and church of Christ; lie in wait for it, leap upon it, insult over it, and endeavour to crush and extirpate it; but all in vain; these high hills and mountains are nothing before Zerubbabel King of saints; his church is built on a rock, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it; the little stone cut out of the mountain without hands will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:17

The chariots of God are twenty thousand ,.... By which are meant the angels, as the following clause shows; called "chariots", because they have appeared in such a form, 2 Kings 2:11 ; and because, like chariots of war, they are the strength and protection of the Lord's people; and because of their swiftness in doing his work; and because they are for his honour and glory: they are the chariots of God, in which he rides about the world doing his will; they are the chariots in which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:18

Thou hast ascended on high ,.... Which is to be understood, not of Moses ascending up to the firmament, as the Targum and Jarchi interpret it, of which we nowhere read; nor of David's going up to the high fortresses, as Aben Ezra; nor of God's ascent from Mount Sinai; but of Christ's ascension to heaven, as the apostle cites and explains it in Ephesians 4:8 ; which ascension respects him as man, was not figurative, as in Genesis 17:22 ; but real and local, from earth to heaven, and was... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 68:7-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 68:15-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:18

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