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Psalm 68

Psa. 68:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
or Song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Letm God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
arise
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
, let his enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
be scattered
puwts (Hebrew #6327)
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
KJV usage: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
Pronounce: poots
Origin: a primitive root
: let them also that hate
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
him flee
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
θbefore
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
him.
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Num. 10:35• 35And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; And let them that hate thee flee before thy face. (Num. 10:35)
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Isa. 33:3• 3At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. (Isa. 33:3)
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from his face.

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David,
God,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Psalms,
Songs

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  A prayer at the removing of the ark.
4-6:  An exhortation to praise God for his mercies;
7-18:  for his care of the church;
19-35:  for his great works.
A.M. 2962.
B.C. 1042.
(Title.)This magnificent and truly sublime ode is supposed, with much probability, to have been composed by David, and sung at the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim.God arise.
Psa. 7:6‑7• 6Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.
 7And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high. (Psa. 7:6‑7)
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Psa. 44:26• 26Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake. (Psa. 44:26)
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Psa. 78:65‑68• 65Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;
 66And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.
 67And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
 68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved; (Psa. 78:65‑68)
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Psa. 132:8‑9• 8Arise, Jehovah, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength.
 9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy. (Psa. 132:8‑9)
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Num. 10:35• 35And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; And let them that hate thee flee before thy face. (Num. 10:35)
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2 Chron. 6:41• 41And now, arise, Jehovah Elohim, into thy resting-place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, Jehovah Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in thy goodness. (2 Chron. 6:41)
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Isa. 33:3• 3At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. (Isa. 33:3)
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Isa. 42:13‑14• 13Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout; he will shew himself mighty against his enemies.
 14Long time have I holden my peace; I have been still, I have restrained myself: I will cry like a woman that travaileth; I will blow and pant at once. (Isa. 42:13‑14)
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Isa. 51:9‑10• 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, as in the generations of passed ages. Is it not thou that hath hewn Rahab in pieces, and pierced the monster?
 10Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? (Isa. 51:9‑10)
be scattered.
Psa. 68:14,30• 14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.
 30Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: every one submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war. (Psa. 68:14,30)
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Psa. 59:11• 11Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. (Psa. 59:11)
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Psa. 89:10• 10Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. (Psa. 89:10)
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Isa. 41:15‑16• 15Behold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;
 16thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 41:15‑16)
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Ezek. 5:2• 2A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. (Ezek. 5:2)
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Ezek. 12:14‑15• 14And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
 15And they shall know that I am Jehovah when I shall scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries. (Ezek. 12:14‑15)
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Dan. 2:35• 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Dan. 2:35)
that hate.
Psa. 21:8• 8Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. (Psa. 21:8)
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Ex. 20:5• 5thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me, (Ex. 20:5)
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Deut. 7:10• 10and repayeth them that hate him each to his face, to cause them to perish: he delayeth not with him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. (Deut. 7:10)
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John 14:23‑24• 23Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him.
 24He that loves me not does not keep my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but that of the Father who has sent me. (John 14:23‑24)
before him.
Heb. from his face.
• Book 2, Series 3. Summary Psalm. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• {Overview} It is specially God's character as regards the Jews in grace, but in His own sovereign grace, not in covenant relationship, but as establishing them, as once in Sinai, only now in grace and power. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)
• The psalm opens with presenting God as taking His place at the head of His people; scattering His enemies. (“Psalms 68” by H. Smith)
• It commences with the formulas used by Moses, when the camp of Israel moved forward on its journeys through the wilderness (Num. 10:35). (“Psalms 68” by H. Smith)
• PSALM 68 is a cap on the whole series. It is kind of a review or summary of the foregoing psalms. In a certain sense it could stand alone, complete in itself. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)
• The psalm begins with the cry of the remnant to God to arise and deliver them by scattering their enemies in judgment (vs. 1-2). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before hima.

JND Translation Notes

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See Num 10.35.