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Psalms 68:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.


Psalms 68:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 68:14 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לְ/דָוִ֗דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
מִזְמ֥וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
שִֽׁירšiyr
a songnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 68:1

1. Of this Psalm, the title seems not to need operose discussion: for simple and easy it appears. For thus it stands: “For the end, for David himself a Psalm of a Song.” But in many Psalms already we have reminded you what is “at the end: for the end of the Law is Christ for righteousness to every man believing:” Romans 10:4 He is the end which makes perfect, not that which consumes or destroys. Nevertheless, if any one endeavours to inquire, what means, “a Psalm of a Song:”…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 68 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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