ESV Reformation Study Bible – Ps 68
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Ps 68

Ps. 68 This psalm has an enigmatic quality. Some have found it so disconnected as to suggest that it was a collection of first lines of other poems. Yet there are common themes and attitudes in the psalm. It has a hymn-like mood of joy with frequent allusions to community worship. God appears as a warrior at its center. His victory over His enemies as expressed here became the background for Jesus’ victory over the forces of Satan at the Ascension (Eph. 4:7–13).