Psalms 68:1
“To the chief musician, by David, a Psalm or song.” (68:2) Oh that God would arise, that his enemies might be scattered, and those that hate him might flee before him.
Leeser Tanakh
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 20:5Thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Deuteronomy 7:10And repayeth those that hate him to their face, to destroy them; he will not delay to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Psalms 7:6(7:7) Arise, O Lord, in thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Psalms 44:26(44:27) Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
Psalms 68:14(68:15) When the Almighty scattered kings in the midst of her, then even in darkness shone light [as pure] as snow.
Psalms 78:65Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason 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 →