Psalm 68:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

God arise

Be scattered

Daniel 2:35

That hate

General references

Psalm 35:9

Bible References

God arise

Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy.

Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.

And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight before you.

Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

At the loud noise the peoples have gone in flight; at your coming up the nations have gone in all directions.

The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.

Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?

Be scattered

When the Most High put the kings to flight, it was as white as snow in Salmon.

Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.

See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.

You are to have a third part burned with fire inside the town, when the days of the attack are ended; and a third part you are to take and give blows with the sword round about it; and give a third part for the wind to take away, and let loose a sword after them.

And all his helpers round about him and all his armies I will send in flight to every wind; and I will let loose a sword after them.

Then the iron and the earth, the brass and the silver and the gold, were smashed together, and became like the dust on the floors where grain is crushed in summer; and the wind took them away so that no sign of them was to be seen: and the stone which gave the image a blow became a great mountain, covering all the earth.

That hate

Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

Rewarding his haters to their face with destruction; he will have no mercy on his hater, but will give him open punishment.

Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

General references

And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.