Shīpiān 68

1 ( Dàwèi de shīgē , jiāo yǔ líng zhǎng ) yuàn shén xīngqǐ , shǐ tāde chóudí sì sǎn , jiào nà hèn tāde rén , cóng tā miànqián taópǎo .

2 Tāmen beì qū zhú , rú yīn beì fēng chuī sǎn . è rén jiàn shén zhī miàn ér xiāomiè , rú xī beì huǒ rónghuà .

3 Wéiyǒu yì rén bìrán huānxǐ , zaì shén miànqián gāoxìng kuaìlè .

4 Nǐmen dāng xiàng shén chàng shī , gēsòng tāde míng . wèi nà zuò chē xíng guo kuàngyĕ de , xiū píng dà lù . tāde míng shì Yēhéhuá . yào zaì tā miànqián huānlè .

5 Shén zaì tāde shèng suǒ zuò gūér de fù , zuò guǎfu de shēnyuān zhĕ .

6 Shén jiào gū dú de yǒu jiā , shǐ beì qiú de chūlai xiǎng fú . wéiyǒu beìnì de zhù zaì gān zào zhī dì .

7 Shén a , nǐ céng zaì nǐ bǎixìng qiántou chūlai , zaì kuàngyĕ xíng zǒu . ( xì lā )

8 Nàshí dì jiàn shén de miàn ér zhèndòng , tiān yĕ luō yù . Xīnǎi shān jiàn Yǐsèliè shén de miàn yĕ zhèndòng .

9 Shén a , nǐ jiàng xià dà yǔ . nǐ chǎnyè Yǐsèliè pí fá de shíhou , nǐ shǐ tā jiāngù .

10 Nǐde huì zhòng zhù zaì qízhōng . shén a , nǐde ēnhuì shì wèi kùnkǔ rén yùbeì de .

11 Zhǔ fā mìnglìng , chuán hǎo xìnxī de fùnǚ chéng le dà qún .

12 Tǒng bīng de jūnwáng taópǎo le , taópǎo le . zaì jiā dĕnghòu de fùnǚ , fēn shòu suǒ duó de .

13 Nǐmen ān wò zaì yáng quān de shíhou , hǎoxiàng gēzi de chìbǎng dù bái yín , líng maó dù huángjīn yìbān .

14 Quánnéng zhĕ zaì jìng neì gǎnsàn liè wáng de shíhou , shì rú piāo xuĕ zaì sǎ men .

15 Bā shān shān shì shén de shān . Bāshān shān shì duō fēng duō lǐng de shān .

16 Nǐmen duō fēng duō lǐng de shān nǎ , wèihé xié kàn shén suǒ yuàn jūzhù de shān . Yēhéhuá bì zhù zhè shān . zhídào yǒngyuǎn .

17 Shén de chē niǎn léi wàn yíng qiā . zhǔ zaì qízhōng , hǎoxiàng zaì Xīnǎi shèng shān yíyàng .

18 Nǐ yǐjing shēng shang gāo tiān , lǔlǜe chóudí , nǐ zaì rénjiān , jiù shì zaì beìnì de rénjiān , shòu le gōng xiàn , jiào Yēhéhuá shén kĕyǐ yǔ tāmen tóng zhù .

19 Tiāntiān bēi fù wǒmen zhòngdàn de zhǔ , jiù shì zhĕngjiù wǒmen de shén . shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de . ( xì lā )

20 Shén shì wèi wǒmen shīxíng zhū bān jiùēn de shén . rén néng tuōlí sǐwáng , shì zaìhu zhǔ Yēhéhuá .

21 Dàn shén yào dǎpò tā chóudí de tóu , jiù shì nà cháng fàn zuì zhī rén de fā dǐng .

22 Zhǔ shuō , wǒ yào shǐ zhòng mín cóng Bāshān ér guī , shǐ tāmen cóng shēn hǎi ér huí .

23 Shǐ nǐ dǎ suì chóudí , nǐde jiǎo chuaì zaì xuè zhōng , shǐ nǐ gǒu de shétou , cóng qízhōng dé fēn .

24 Shén a , nǐ shì wǒde shén , wǒde wáng . rén yǐjing kànjian nǐ xíng zǒu , jìnrù shèng suǒ .

25 Gē chàng de xíng zaì qián , zuòlè de suí zaì hòu , dōu zaì jī gǔ de tóngnǚ zhōngjiān .

26 Cóng Yǐsèliè yuán tóu ér lái de , dāng zaì gĕ huì zhōng chēngsòng zhǔ shén .

27 Zaì nàli yǒu Tǒng guǎn tāmende xiǎo Biànyǎmǐn , yǒu Yóudà de shǒulǐng , hé tāmende qúnzhòng . yǒu Xībùlún de shǒulǐng . yǒu Náfútālì de shǒulǐng .

28 Yǐsèliè de nénglì , shì shén suǒ cì de . shén a , qiú nǐ jiāngù nǐ wèi wǒmen suǒ chéngquán de shì .

29 Yīn nǐ Yēlùsǎlĕng de diàn , liè wáng bì daì gòng wù xiàn gĕi nǐ .

30 Qiú nǐ chì hē lúwĕi zhōng de yĕshòu , hé qún gōngniú , bìng liè bāng zhōng de niúdú , bǎ yín kuaì chuaì zaì jiǎo xià . shén yǐjing gǎnsàn hǎo zhēng zhàn de liè bāng .

31 Āijí de gōng hóu yào chūlai chaójiàn shén . Gǔshí rén yào jímáng jǔ shǒu dǎogào .

32 Shìshang de liè guó a , nǐmen yào xiàng shén gē chàng . yuàn nǐmen gēsòng zhǔ ,

33 Gēsòng nà zì gǔ jià xíng zaì zhū tiān yǐshàng de zhǔ . tā fāchū shēngyīn , shì jí dà de shēngyīn .

34 Nǐmen yào jiāng nénglì guī gĕi shén . tāde wēi róng zaì Yǐsèliè zhī shang , tāde nénglì shì zaì qióng cāng .

35 Shén a , nǐ cóng shèng suǒ xiǎn wèi kĕ wèi . Yǐsèliè de shén , shì nà jiāng lìliang quánnéng cìgĕi tā bái xìng de . shén shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de .

Shīpiān 68 Commentary

Chapter 68

A prayer-- The greatness and goodness of God. (1-6) The wonderful works God wrought for his people. (7-14) The presence of God in his church. (15-21) The victories of Christ. (22-28) Enlargement of the church. (29-31) The glory and grace of God. (32-35)

Verses 1-6 None ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. God is the joy of his people, then let them rejoice when they come before him. He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all, is engaged by promise and covenant to bless his people. He is to be praised as a God of mercy and tender compassion. He ever careth for the afflicted and oppressed: repenting sinners, who are helpless and exposed more than any fatherless children, are admitted into his family, and share all their blessings.

Verses 7-14 Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies. If God bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them in it, and to bring them out of it. He provided for them, both in the wilderness and in Canaan. The daily manna seems here meant. And it looks to the spiritual provision for God's Israel. The Spirit of grace and the gospel of grace are the plentiful rain, with which God confirms his inheritance, and from which their fruit is found. Christ shall come as showers that water the earth. The account of Israel's victories is to be applied to the victories over death and hell, by the exalted Redeemer, for those that are his. Israel in Egypt among the kilns appeared wretched, but possessed of Canaan, during the reigns of David and Solomon, appeared glorious. Thus the slaves of Satan, when converted to Christ, when justified and sanctified by him, look honourable. When they reach heaven, all remains of their sinful state disappear, they shall be as the wings of the dove, covered with silver, and her feathers as gold. Full salvation will render those white as snow, who were vile and loathsome through the guilt and defilement of sin.

Verses 15-21 The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, ( Ephesians 4:8 ) . He received as the purchase of his death, the gifts needful for the conversion of sinners, and the salvation of believers. These he continually bestows, even on rebellious men, that the Lord God might dwell among them, as their Friend and Father. He gave gifts to men. Having received power to give eternal life, the Lord Jesus bestows it on as many as were given him, ( John 17:2 ) . Christ came to a rebellious world, not to condemn it, but that through him it might be saved. The glory of Zion's King is, that he is a Saviour and Benefactor to all his willing people, and a consuming fire to all that persist in rebellion against him. So many, so weighty are the gifts of God's bounty, that he may be truly said to load us with them. He will not put us off with present things for a portion, but will be the God of our salvation. The Lord Jesus has authority and power to rescue his people from the dominion of death, by taking away the sting of it from them when they die, and giving them complete victory over it when they rise again. The crown of the head, the chief pride and glory of the enemy, shall be smitten; Christ shall crush the head of the serpent.

Verses 22-28 The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as their God, as their King, for their good, and in answer to their prayers; especially in and by his word and ordinances. The kingdom of the Messiah shall be submitted to by all the rulers and learned in the world. The people seem to address the king, ver. Verse 28 . But the words are applicable to the Redeemer, to his church, and every true believer. We pray, that thou, O God the Son, wilt complete thine undertaking for us, by finishing thy good work in us.

Verses 29-31 A powerful invitation is given to those that are without, to join the church. Some shall submit from fear; overcome by their consciences, and the checks of Providence, they are brought to make peace with the church. Others will submit ( psalms 68:29-31 ) service of God, and in the gospel of Christ which went forth from Jerusalem, which is enough to invite sinners out of all nations.

Verses 32-35 God is to be admired and adored with reverence and godly fear, by all that attend in his holy places. The God of Israel gives strength and power unto his people. Through Christ strengthening us we can do all things, not otherwise; therefore he must have the glory of all we do, with our humble thanks for enabling us to do it, and for accepting the work of his hands in us.

Chapter Summary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David. The Targum makes the argument of this psalm to be the coming of the children of Israel out of Egypt, and the giving of the law on Mount Sinai; in which it is followed by many of the Jewish interpreters: but Aben Ezra rejects such an interpretation of it, and thinks that David composed it, concerning the war he had with the uncircumcised nations, the Philistines and others, 2 Samuel 8:1, &c. And so the title of the Syriac version begins, "a psalm of David, when the kings prepared themselves to fight against him:" and Kimchi says it was composed on account of Sennacherib's army coming against Jerusalem, in the times of Hezekiah, and so delivered by David, under a spirit of prophecy concerning that affair; though he owns that some of their writers interpret it of the war of Gog and Magog, in the times of the Messiah they yet expect. But they are much nearer the truth, who take it that it was written on occasion of the ark being brought to the city of David; seeing it begins with much the same words that Moses used when the ark set forward in his times, Numbers 10:35; and the bringing of which was attended with great joy and gladness, 2 Samuel 6:14; such as the righteous are called upon to express in this psalm, Psalm 68:3. And this being a type of Christ, and of his ascending the holy hill of God, may be allowed of; for certain it is that this psalm treats of the coming of Christ, and of blessings by him, and of victory over his enemies; and particularly of his ascension to heaven, as most evidently appears from Ephesians 4:8; and from prophecies in it, concerning the calling of the Gentiles. Wherefore the latter part of the Syriac inscription of it is very pertinent; "also a prophecy concerning the dispensation of the Messiah, and concerning the calling of the Gentiles to the faith." Jarchi interprets Psalm 68:31 of the Messiah.