Bible in one year 9/2/ 2022 Psalm 67-68
By Rev. Katherine
Liu Bruce
Christian Arts Ministries
: Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry & Counseling
Psalm 67 This psalm of
thanksgiving invokes God’s continued blessing on Israel so that the nations may
experience His salvation, justice, and bounty, and so praise Him. An abundant
harvest gave assurance of future blessing.
Psalm 67 : 1-7
May the
people praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you. May the nations be
glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of
the earth. (vv.3-4).
May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the
peoples praise you. Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless
us. God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.(vv.5-7).
Psalm 68 This victorious hymn, probably
composed for David’s procession with the Ark from the house of Obed-Edom to
Jerusalem (2Sam.6:12), calls for the wicked to flee before God (vv.1-6),
celebrate God’s victorious march from Egypt to Jerusalem(vv.7-18) and His power
exercised in the choice of Jerusalem (vv.19-31,), and calls on the nations to
praise Him(vv.32-35). The verse 4 the Lord (JAH, an abbreviation for Yahweh;
(Gen.2:4;Ex.3:15) Other Hebrew names for God used in this psalm are :
Elohim(v.1), El Shaddai(v.14), Yahweh(v.16), Yah Elohim(v.18), Adonai(v.19),
and Yahweh Adonai (v.20).
Psalm 68: 1-35
May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may his foes flee before him. As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow
them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. But
may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
(vv.1-3).
A father to the
fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the
lonely in families, He leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the
rebellious live in a sun –scorched land. (vv.5-6).
When you went out before your people, O God, when you
marched through the wasteland, the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. (vv.7-8).
You gave abundant showers,
O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance. Your people settled in it, and
from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor. The Lord announced the
word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it. (vv.9-11).
“Kings and armies flee in haste; in the camps
men divide the plunder. Even while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of
my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”(vv. 12-13).
When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was
like snow fallen on Zalmon. The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountain;
rugged are the mountains of Bashan. Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at
the mountain where God chooses to reign,
where the Lord himself will dwell forever? (vv.14-16).
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands;
the Lord has come form Sinai into his sanctuary. When you ascended on high, you
led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from the
rebellious that you, O Lord God, might dwell there.(vv.17-18).
Praise be to the Lord, to
God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Our God is a God who saves from
the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.(vv.19-20).
Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy
crowns of those who go on in their sins. The Lord says, “I will bring them from
Bashan; I will bring them form the depths of the sea, that you may plunge your
feet in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their
share.” (vv.21-23).
Your
procession has come into view, O God, the procession of my God and King into
the sanctuary. In front are the singers, after them the musicians; playing
tambourines. Praise God in the great congregation; praise the Lord in the
assembly of Israel. There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there
the great throng of Judah’s princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of
Naphtali. (vv.24-27).
Summon your power, O God; show us your
strength , O God, as you have done before. Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings will bring you gifts. Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls
among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war. Envoys will come from Egypt Cush will submit
herself to God. (vv.28-31).
Sing to God, O kingdoms of
the earth, sing praise to the Lord, to him who rides the ancient skies above,
who thunders with mighty voice. Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power
is in the skies. You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel
gives power and strength to his people.
Praise be to
God.(vv.32-35).
Bibliography,
Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible (NIV). Chicago,
IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986.
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