02.068. Psalm 68

Psalms 68:1-35 To the chief Musician,
A Psalm or Song of David.

Perhaps this psalm was composed on the same occasion as Psalms 24:1-10 and Psalms 47:1-9, when David brought up the ark of God to that tabernacle, which he had pitched for it in Zion, 2 Samuel 6:1-23. We have in it, (1.) Fervent supplications that God would scatter and defeat the projects of his enemies, Psalms 68:1-2. (2.) High praises to God for his infinite greatness and grace; his righteous relieving of the afflicted and oppressed; his directing of Israel in the Arabian desert; his manifesting of his glory at Sinai; his comfortable providing for his people in the wilderness, and in Canaan, Psalms 68:3-10; and for his easy conquest of their Canaanitish enemies; his fixing his temple on mount Zion; for the ascension of Christ to glory, to receive gifts for men; and for the spread of the gospel among Jews and Gentiles, by means of the apostles; while the obstinate Jews are severely punished, Psalms 68:11-32; and, in fine, for his superior dominion; his awful majesty; his mighty power; for the glory of his sanctuary, and the grace he bestows upon his people, Psalms 68:33-35.

While I sing, let me behold, let me admire, what God is, and hath done for, and to my soul, and to the church of God, of which I am a member. Let me behold what God hath done, in instances unnumbered, in prosecution of the covenant he made with his eternal Son.