Psalms 68:1
To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
Deuteronomy 7:10Rewarding his haters to their face with destruction; he will have no mercy on his hater, but will give him open punishment.
Psalms 7:6\7:5\Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
Psalms 44:26\44:25\For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.
Psalms 68:14\68:13\Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.
Psalms 78:65Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:1
This is a most excellent psalm, but in many places the genuine sense is not easy to come at; for in this, as in some other scriptures, there are things dark and hard to be understood. It does not appear when, or upon what occasion, David penned this psalm; but probably it was when, God having given him rest from all his enemies round about, he brought the ark (which was both the token of God's presence and a type of Christ's mediation) from the house of Obed-edom to the tent he had pitched for it in Zion; for the… Read the whole commentary →