“Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.”
The description of kings and armies fleeing before divine power articulates the political and military dimension of God's triumph. The reference to women dividing the spoil indicates the totality of victory: even the ordinary people benefit from the spoils of conquest. This verse emphasizes that God's power operates at the political and military level.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:12
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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