“Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.”
The command to rebuke beasts of the reeds and herds and nations that delight in war articulates the petition for God to eliminate all forms of opposition and violence. The reference to beasts and herds suggests primitive and uncontrolled forces. The mention of those delighting in war indicates warlike nations and their violent inclinations. This verse petitions for the establishment of universal peace through the elimination of war and violence.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:30
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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