“But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.”
The call for the righteous to be glad and rejoice before God establishes the appropriate response to divine victory: joyful celebration and praise. The reference to rejoicing in God's presence indicates that gladness is the proper emotion of those in relationship with God. This verse articulates that witness to divine triumph produces joy in the righteous.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:3
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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