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Psalm 68

1 In this pſalme Dauid ſetteth forthe as in a glaſſe the wonderful mercies of God towarde his peple. 5 Who by all meanes & moſte ſtrange ſortes declared him ſelf to them. 15 And therefore Gods Church by reaſon of his promiſes, graces and victories doeth excel without compariſon all worldlie things. 34 He exhorteth therefore all men to praiſe God for euer.
To him that excelleth. A pſalme or ſong of Dauid.
1.GOd wil ariſe, & his enemies ſhalbe ſcattered: thei alſo that hate him, ſhal flee before him.
2.As the ſmoke vaniſheth, ſo ſhalt yu driue them awaie: & as waxe melteth before the fyre, ſo ſhal ye wicked periſh at the preſence of God.
3.But the righteous ſhalbe glad, & reioyce before God: yea, thei ſhal leape for ioye.
4.Sing vnto God, & ſing praiſes vnto his Name: exalt him, that rideth vpon the heauens, in his Name Iah, & reioyce before him.
5.He is a Father of the fatherles, and a Iudge of the widowes, euen God in his holie habitation.
6.God maketh the ſolitarie to dwell in families, & deliuereth them that were priſoners in ſtockes: but the rebellious ſhal dwell in a drye land.
7.O God, when thow wenteſt forthe before thy people: when thou wẽteſt through the wildernes, (Sélah)
8.The earth ſhoke, and the heauẽs dropped at the preſence of this God: euen Sinái was moued at the preſence of God, euen the God of Iſraél.
9.Thou, ô God, ſendeſt a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance, & thou dideſt refreſh it when it was wearie.
10.Thy Congregation dwelled therein: for thou, ô God, haſt of thy goodnes prepared it for the poore.
11.The Lord gaue matter to the women to tel of the great armie.
12.Kings of the armies did flee: thei did flee & ſhe that remained in the houſe, deuided the ſpoile.
13.Thogh ye haue lien among pots, yet ſhal ye be as the wings of a dooue that is couered with ſiluer, and whoſe fethers are like yelowe golde.
14.When the Almightie ſcatered Kings in it, it was white as the ſnow in Zalmón.
15.The mountaine of God is like the mountaine of Baſhán: it is an high Mountaine, as mount Baſhán.
16.Why leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord wil dwell in it for euer.
17.The charets of God are twentie thouſand thouſand Angels, and the Lord is among them, as in the Sãctuarie of Sinai.
18.Thou art gone vp on high: thou haſt led captiuitie captiue, and receiued giftes for men: yea, euen the rebellious haſt thou led, that the Lord God might dwell there.
19.Praiſed be the Lord, euen the God of our ſaluacion, which ladeth vs daiely with benefites. Sélah.
20.This is our God, euen the God that ſaueth vs: and to the Lord God belong the iſſues of death.
21.Surely God wil wound the head of his enemies, & the heerie pate of him that walketh in his ſinnes.
22.The Lord hathe ſaid, I wil bring my people againe from Baſhán: I wil bring them againe from the depths of the Sea:
23.That thy foote maie be dipped in blood, & the tongue of thy dogges in the blood of the enemies, euen in it.
24.Thei haue ſene, ô God, thy goings, the goings of my God, & my King, which art in the Sanctuarie.
25.The ſingers went before, the plaiers of inſtruments after: in the middes were the maides playing with timbrels.
26.Praiſe ye God in the aſſemblies, & the Lord, ye that are of the foũtaine of Iſraél.
27.There was litle Beniamín with their ruler, & the princes of Iudáh with their aſſemblie, the princes of Zebulún, & the princes of Naphtalí.
28.Thy God hathe appointed thy ſtrẽgth: ſtabliſh, ô God, that, which yu haſt wroght in vs,
29.Out of thy Temple vpon Ieruſalém: & Kings ſhal bring preſents vnto thee.
30.Deſtroye the cõpanie of the ſpearemen, & multitude of the mightie bulles with the calues of the people, that tread vnder fete pieces of ſiluer: ſcater the people that delite in warre.
31.Then ſhal princes come out of Egypt: Ethiopia ſhal haſte to ſtretch her hãds vnto God.
32.Sing vnto God, ô ye kingdomes of the earth: ſing praiſe vnto the Lord, (Sélah)
33.To him that rideth vpon the moſte high heauens, which were from the beginning: beholde he wil ſend out by his voyce a mightie ſounde.
34.Aſcribe the power to God: for his maieſtie is vpon Iſraél, & his ſtrength is in the cloudes.
35.O God, thou art terrible out of thine holie places: the God of Iſraél is he that giueth ſtrength and power vnto the people: praiſed be God.

Notes

1:a.
The Prophet ſheweth that albeit God ſuffreth ye wicked tyrãtes to oppreſſe his Church for a time, yet at lẽgth he wil be reuenged of them.
3:b.
He ſheweth that whẽ God declareth his power againſt ye wicked, that it is for the cõmoditie & ſaluacion of his Church, wc prayſe him therefore.
4:c.
Iah & Iehouáh are the names of God, wc do ſignifie his eſſence & maieſtie incõprehẽſible: ſo that hereby is declared, yt all idols are but vanitie, & that ye God of Iſraél, is ye onely true God.
6:d.
He giueth childrẽ to the, yt be childeles, and increaſeth their families.
6:e.
Which is baren of Gods bleſſings, wc before thei had abuſed.
7:f.
He teacheth yt Gods fauour peculiarly belongeth to his Church, as appeareth by their wonderful deliuerãce out of Egypt.
10:g.
God bleſſed the land of Canáan becauſe he had choſen that place for his Church.
11:h.
The facion then was that women ſang ſongs after the victories, as Miriám. Debóráh Iudith and others.
12:i.
The pray was ſo great yt not onely the ſoldiers, but wome alſo had parte thereof.
13:k.
Thogh God ſuffer his Church for a time to lie in blacke darkenes, yet he wil reſtore it and make it moſte ſhinig & white.
14:l.
In ye land of Canáan, where his Church was.
15:m.
Ziõ is the Church of God doeth excell all worldelie things, not in pũpe & outwar de ſhewe, but by the inwar de grace of God, wc there remaineth becauſe of his dwe[l]lig there.
16:n.
Why bo[a]ſt ye of your ſtrẽgth & beau tie againſt this Mountaine of God?
18:o.
As God ouercam the enemies of his Church, toke the priſoners, and made the tributaries: ſo Chriſt, wc is God manifeſted in fleſh, ſubdued Satã & ſinne vnder vs, & gaue vnto his Church moſte liberal giftes of his Spirit, Eph. 4, 8.
20:p.
In moſte extreme dangers God hathe infinite waies to deliuer his.
22:q.
As he deliuered his Church once frõ Og of Baſhán, & other tyrãts, & frõ the dãgers of ye red Sea: ſo wil he ſtil do as oft as neceſſitie requireth.
23:r.
That is, in ye blood of that great ſlaughter, where dogges ſhal lap blood.
24:s.
That is, how yu, which art chief King, goeſt out with thy people to warre, and giueſt them the victorie.
25:t.
He deſcribeth the ordre of the people, whẽ thei went to the Temple to giue thãkes for the victorie
26:u.
Which come of ye Patriarke Iaakób
27:x.
Beniamín is called litle, becauſe he was ye yongeſt ſonne of Iaakób
27:y.
Who was ſome chief ruler of the tribe.
29:z.
Declare out of thine holie palace thy power for the defence of thy Church Ieruſalém.
30:a.
He deſireth that the pride of the mightie may be deſtroied, wc accuſtomed to garniſh their ſhoes wt ſiluer: & therfore for their glittering pompe thoght thẽ ſelues aboue all men
31:b.
He prophecieth ye the Gentiles ſhal come to ye true knowledge & worſhip of God
33:c.
By his terrible thunders he wil make him ſelf to be knowen ye God of all ye worlde
35:d.
In ſhewing feareful iudgemẽts againſt thine enemies for the ſaluatiõ of thy people
35:e.
He alludeth to ye Tabernacle wc was deuided into thre partes.