Psalm 68:7

7 Gott, da du vor deinem Volk her zogst, da du einhergingst in der Wüste (Sela),

Psalm 68:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 68:7

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people
In the pillar of cloud, and in the pillar of fire, as the Targum adds; and this divine Person was the Son of God, the Angel of his presence, in whom his name was, even his name JAH or Jehovah before mentioned;

when thou didst march through the wilderness;
at the head of the Israelites, leading, guiding, and directing them; providing for them all things necessary, and protecting them against their enemies. And so Christ goes before his people, as they pass through the wilderness of this world; and does the like good offices for them, until he, as the great Captain of their salvation, brings them safe to glory: for what is here said is taken notice of as a resemblance of what he now does, or has done, under the Gospel dispensation, to which this psalm belongs; particularly of his marching through the wilderness of the Gentile world, in the ministry of the word by his apostles, wherein he went forth conquering and to conquer.

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

Psalm 68:7 In-Context

5 der ein Vater ist der Waisen und ein Richter der Witwen. Er ist Gott in seiner heiligen Wohnung,

6 ein Gott, der den Einsamen das Haus voll Kinder gibt, der die Gefangenen ausführt zu rechter Zeit und läßt die Abtrünnigen bleiben in der Dürre.

7 Gott, da du vor deinem Volk her zogst, da du einhergingst in der Wüste (Sela),

8 da bebte die Erde, und die Himmel troffen vor Gott, dieser Sinai vor dem Gott, der Israels Gott ist.

9 Du gabst, Gott, einen gnädigen Regen; und dein Erbe, das dürre war, erquicktest du,