Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
David composed this psalm to celebrate victories God granted him over his enemies, most likely after his triumph over the Ammonites and Syrians when the ark returned to Jerusalem. The ark's ascent to the holy mountain prefigures Christ's far more glorious ascension to heaven after He conquered His enemies and ours. Though the psalm rises to great heights of sublimity, its interpretation presents considerable difficulty at many points.
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Commenting on Psalm 68:1-35
God's march was marked not only by terror but by bounty poured out lavishly as from a cornucopia. When the people halted, weary from their journey, they found showers of good things waiting to refresh them, their very inheritance, tired though it was, made strong again by His watchful care.
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Fresh mercies ought to revive our grateful sense of former ones. God Himself went before Israel through the wilderness as their guide and leader; if He brings His people into a desert, He will march ahead of them and bring them safely out of it.
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Commenting on Psalm 68:7-14