Psalms 68:23

23 You, my people, will wash your feet in their blood, and even your dogs will get their share!”

Psalms 68:23 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 68:23

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies,
&c.] This verse is in connection with ( Psalms 68:21 ) , with ( Psalms 68:23 ) being to be read in a parenthesis: the sense is, that the Messiah would so wound the head and hairy scalp of his people's enemies, and there should be such a large effusion of blood, that their feet should be dipped therein, ( Revelation 14:20 ) ; (See Gill on Psalms 58:10);

[and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same;
who should lick it up, as the dogs licked the blood of Jezebel, ( 1 Kings 21:19 ) ( 2 Kings 9:35 2 Kings 9:36 ) ; and so such a carnage will be made of antichrist and his followers, that the fowls of the heavens will be called upon to eat the flesh of kings, captains, and mighty ones, ( Revelation 19:17 Revelation 19:18 ) .

Psalms 68:23 In-Context

21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies, crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways.

22 The Lord says, “I will bring my enemies down from Bashan; I will bring them up from the depths of the sea.

23 You, my people, will wash your feet in their blood, and even your dogs will get their share!”

24 Your procession has come into view, O God— the procession of my God and King as he goes into the sanctuary.

25 Singers are in front, musicians behind; between them are young women playing tambourines.

Footnotes

• [a]. As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads shatter.