Geneva Bible Notes: Psalms 68

Psalms 68:1 ^a The Prophet sheweth that albeit God suffreth the wicked tyrants to opposse his Church for a time, yet at length he wil be reuenged of them.

Psalms 68:2 ^! In this psalme Dauid setteth forthe as in a glasse the wonderful mercies of God towarde his people

Psalms 68:3 ^b He sheweth that when God declareth his power against the wicked that it is for the commoditie & saluation of his Church, which praise him therefore.

Psalms 68:4 ^c Jah & Jehouah are the ames of God, which do signifie his essence & jajestie incormprehensible, so that herby is declared, that all idols are but vanitie, & that the God of Israel is the onely true God.

Psalms 68:5 ^! Who by all means & moste strange sortes declared himself to them

Psalms 68:6 ^e Which is baren of Gods blessings, which before thei had abused.

Psalms 68:6 ^d He giueth children to them, that be childless, and increaseth their families.

Psalms 68:7 ^f He teacheth that Gods fauour peculiarly belongeth to his Church, as appeareth by their wonderful deliuerance out of Egypt.

Psalms 68:10 ^g God blessed the land of Canaan because he had chosen that place for his Church.

Psalms 68:11 ^h The facion then was that women sang songs after the victorie, as Miriam, Deborah, Judith and others.

Psalms 68:12 ⁱ The pray was so great that not onely the soldiers, but women also had parte thereof.

Psalms 68:13 ^k Thogh God suffer his Church for a time to lie in blacke darkenes, yet he wil restore it and make it moste shining & white.

Psalms 68:14 ^l In the land of Canaan, where his Church was.

Psalms 68:15 ^m Zion the Church of God doeth excell all worldelie things, not in pompe & and outward shewe, but by the inwarde grace of God, which there remaineth because of his dwelling there.

Psalms 68:15 ^! And therefore Gods Church by reason of his promises, graces and victories doeth excel without comparison all worldie things.

Psalms 68:16 ⁿ Why boast ye of your strength & beautie against this Mountaine of God?

Psalms 68:18 ^o As God ouercame the enemies of his Church, toke them prisoners, and made the tributaries: so Christ, which is God manifested in flesh, subdued Satan & sinne vnder vs & gaue vnto his Church moste liberal giftes of his Spirit, {Eph. 4,8}

Psalms 68:20 ^p In oste extreme dangers God hath infinite waies to deliuer his.

Psalms 68:22 ^q As he deliuered his Church once from Og of Bashan, & other tyrants, & from the dangers of the red Sea, so wil he stil do as oft as necessitie requireth.

Psalms 68:23 ^r That is, in the blood of that great slaughter, where dogges shal lap blood.

Psalms 68:24 ^s That is, how you, which are chief King, goest out with thy people to warre, and giuest them the victorie.

Psalms 68:25 ^t He describeth the ordre of the people, when thei went to the Temple to giue thankes for the victorie.

Psalms 68:26 ^u Which come of the Partriarke Jaakob.

Psalms 68:27 ^y Who was some chief ruler of the tribe.

Psalms 68:27 ^x Benjamin is called litle, because he was the yongest sonne of Jaakob.

Psalms 68:29 ^z Declare out of thine holie palace thy power for the defence of thy Chruch Jerusalem.

Psalms 68:30 ^a He desireth that the pride of the mightie may be destroied, which accustomed to garnish their shoes with siluer: & therfore for their glitering pompe thoght them selues aboue all men.

Psalms 68:31 ^b He prophecieth that the Gentiels shal come to the true knowledge & worship of God.

Psalms 68:33 ^c By his terrible thunders he wil make him self to be knowen the God of all the worlde.

Psalms 68:34 ^! He exhorteth therefore all men to praise God for euer.

Psalms 68:35 ^e He alludeth to the Tabernacle which was deuided into thre partes.

Psalms 68:35 ^d In shewing feareful judgements against thine enemies for the saluation of thy people.