“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.”
The blessing pronounced that God carries the burden of our souls and effects our salvation articulates divine compassion and care. The reference to the God of salvation emphasizes that deliverance is God's fundamental character. This verse expresses gratitude for God's saving power and sustaining care.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:19
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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