Psalm 68:19

19 Gelobet sei der HERR täglich. Gott legt uns eine Last auf; aber er hilft uns auch. (Sela.)

Psalm 68:19 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 68:19

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us [with benefits],
&c.] With all spiritual blessings, with an abundance of grace, as well as with temporal mercies, for which he is, and ought to be, praised day by day: so Aben Ezra and Kimchi supply the text, and suppose the word "blessings" or "goodness" to be wanting; though the words may be rendered, "blessed be the Lord day by day, he will hear us", or "carry us" F15; as a father his child, or a shepherd his lambs; and so he does from the womb, even to hoary hairs; and therefore blessing and praise should be ascribed to him; see ( Isaiah 46:3 Isaiah 46:4 ) ( 63:9 ) ; or "he will put a burden upon us" F16; meaning the burden of afflictions: these are of the Lord's laying upon his people; and he will lay no more upon them than he will enable them to bear; and will, in his own time and way, deliver them from them, and be the author of salvation to them, as follows; and therefore his name is to be praised, ( 1 Corinthians 10:13 ) ; the Targum interprets it of the burdensomeness of the law;

``blessed be the Lord every day, he burdens us, adding precepts unto precepts;''

[even] the God of our salvation;
the author of temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation, as Christ is.

Selah; on this word, (See Gill on Psalms 3:2).


FOOTNOTES:

F15 (wnl omey) "portal nos", Vatablus, Musculus; "bajulat nos", Cocceius.
F16 "Onus imponit nobis", Lutherus, Gejerus.

Psalm 68:19 In-Context

17 Der Wagen Gottes sind vieltausendmal tausend; der HERR ist unter ihnen am heiligen Sinai.
18 Du bist in die Höhe gefahren und hast das Gefängnis gefangen; du hast Gaben empfangen für die Menschen, auch die Abtrünnigen, auf daß Gott der HERR daselbst wohne.
19 Gelobet sei der HERR täglich. Gott legt uns eine Last auf; aber er hilft uns auch. (Sela.)
20 Wir haben einen Gott, der da hilft, und den HERRN HERRN, der vom Tode errettet.
21 Ja, Gott wird den Kopf seiner Feinde zerschmettern, den Haarschädel derer, die da fortfahren in ihrer Sünde.
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