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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• 35{i}And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said,{HR}Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered;{HR}And let them that hate thee flee before thy face.{HR}{/i} (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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Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Psalms,
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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, O Jehovah, in thine anger,{HR}Lift up thyself because of the wrath of mine enemies,{HR}And wake up for me the judgment which thou hast commanded.
 7And the congregation of nations shall encompass thee;{HR}Because of it return thou to the height. (Psa. 7:6‑7)
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Psa. 44:26• 26Arise, a help unto us,{HR}And redeem us for thy mercy's sake. (Psa. 44:26)
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Psa. 78:65‑68• 65And the Lord awoke as a sleeper,{HR}As a mighty man shouting aloud from wine;
 66And he smote his adversaries backward{HR}And put them to everlasting reproach.
 67And he rejected the tent of Joseph,{HR}And the tribe of Ephraim did not choose;
 68And he chose the tribe of Judah,{HR}The mount Zion which he loved. (Psa. 78:65‑68)
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Psa. 132:8‑9• 8Arise, Jehovah, into thy rest,{HR}Thou and the ark of thy strength.
 9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness,{HR}And let thy saints shout for joy. (Psa. 132:8‑9)
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Num. 10:35• 35{i}And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said,{HR}Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered;{HR}And let them that hate thee flee before thy face.{HR}{/i} (Num. 10:35)
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2 Chron. 6:41• 41{i}And 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.{/i} (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 aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
 14I have long time holden my peace, I have been still, I have restrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman, I will gasp and pant together. (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 ancient days, the generations of old. [Art] thou not he that cut Rahab in pieces, [and] wounded the monster?
 10[Art] thou not he who dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over. (Isa. 51:9‑10)
be scattered.
Psa. 68:14,30• 14When the Almighty scattered kings therein,{HR}It snoweth [as] in Zalmon.
 30Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,{HR}The crowd of strong (bulls),{HR}With the calves of the peoples,{HR}[Each] crouching with pieces of silver.{HR}Scatter the peoples delighting in war. (Psa. 68:14,30)
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Psa. 59:11• 11Slay them not, lest my people forget;{HR}Scatter them in thy power and bring them down,{HR}O Lord our shield. (Psa. 59:11)
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Psa. 89:10• 10{i}Thou{/i} hast crushed Rahab as a slain [one];{HR}With the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thine enemies. (Psa. 89:10)
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Isa. 41:15‑16• 15Behold, I have made thee a new sharp threshing instrument having 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• 2Thou shalt burn with fire a third part 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 in 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 bands; 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 in the countries. (Ezek. 12:14‑15)
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Dan. 2:35• 35{i}Then 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.{/i} (Dan. 2:35)
that hate.
Psa. 21:8• 8Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies,{HR}Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. (Psa. 21:8)
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Ex. 20:5• 5{i}thou 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,{/i} (Ex. 20:5)
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Deut. 7:10• 10{i}and 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.{/i} (Deut. 7:10)
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John 14:23‑24• 23Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
 24He that loveth me not keepeth not my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's that 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. (“Psalm 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). (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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To the chief musician; of David, a psalm, a song.{HR}Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered,{HR}And those that hate him flee from before him.