|
Psalms 68
Book of Psalms
Psalms 68:1 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.
2 As smoke is driven
away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked
perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous
be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing
praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and
rejoice before him.
5 A father of the
fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the
solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the
rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou
wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness;
Selah:
8 The earth shook, the
heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the
presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst
send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was
weary.
10 Thy congregation hath
dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the
word: great was the company of those that published it.
12 Kings of armies did
flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien
among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and
her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty
scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God is as
the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high
hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell
in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God
are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in
Sinai, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on
high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea,
for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
19 Blessed be the Lord,
who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that is our God is
the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound
the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in
his trespasses.
22 The Lord said,
I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of
the sea:
23 That thy foot may be
dipped in the blood of thine
enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24 They have seen thy
goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went
before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels
playing with timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the
congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little
Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes
of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath
commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Because of thy temple
at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke the company of
spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every
one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight
in war.
31 Princes shall come
out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye
kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
33 To him that rideth
upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice,
and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe ye strength
unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places:
the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed
be God.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
- page 25
|
|
|
|
|