“Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.”
The command that God would command strength and confirm what God has wrought for the community articulates the prayer that divine power continue to sustain and protect. The reference to confirming what God has wrought indicates the prayer that God's purposes be brought to completion. This verse expresses the community's dependence on continued divine power and care.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:28
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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