Psalms 68:28

26 Bless God in the congregations,
The Lord, from ^athe fountain of Israel.

27 ^aThere is little Benjamin, their leader,
The princes of Judah and their¹ company,
The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.

28 Your God has ^acommanded your strength;
Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us.

29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
^aKings will bring presents to You.

30 Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,
^aThe herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Till everyone ^bsubmits himself with pieces of silver.
Scatter the peoples who delight in war.

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Barnes' Notes

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Psalms 68:28

Thy God hath commanded thy strength - Has ordered thy strength to appear, or to be manifested. This is addressed, evidently, to the people of the land; and the idea is, that, on this occasion, God had called forth a full representation of the strength of the nation; or, as we should say, there had been a full "turn out." It was an impressive sight, showing the real strength of the people.

Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us - Increase the strength thus manifested. Let it be still greater. The scene is now impressive and grand; make it still more so, by adding to the number and the prosperity of thy people. This is an illustration of the desire in the heart of every pious man that, whatever prosperity God may have given to his people, he would give a still larger measure - that however greatly he may have increased their numbers, he would add to them manymore. This desire of the heart of piety will not be satisfied until the whole world shall be converted to God.

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