Psalms 68:1
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Let God arise, and his enemies are scattered, And they who hate him flee before him!
Noyes Bible
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
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD! in thine anger; Lift thyself up against the rage of mine enemies; Awake for me, ordain judgment!
Psalms 44:26Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
Psalms 68:14When the Most High destroyed the kings in the land, It was white [[with their bones]] like Salmon.
Psalms 78:65But at length the Lord awaked as from sleep, As a hero who had been overpowered by 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 →