“Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.”
The vision that princes will come from Egypt and Cush will extend hands to God establishes the eschatological hope that all nations will acknowledge and honor God. The reference to extending hands to God indicates submission and worship. This verse closes the psalm with the vision of universal conversion and acknowledgment of God's supremacy.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:31
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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