“Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.”
The assurance that the flock dwells in the land that God prepared articulates divine care for the community and the provision of a secure home. The reference to the flock suggests pastoral imagery indicating God's shepherding care. This verse emphasizes that God's purposes include the establishment and security of the covenant people.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:10
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:”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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