Psalm 68

Numbers 10:35    "So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said:  Let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You."

Psalm 67 was a song incorporating the priestly blessing, and now we have a song using Moses' words whenever the Lord called them to move in the wilderness, and the ark was picked up and carried out.

The wicked......will be scattered.  Their plans will fail.  They will run in terror from the On they have rebelled against.  They will perish, dwelling in a parched land.

But the righteous.....ahhhh they will be glad!  They will dance and shout for joy before their God, rather than run in terror.

Praise Him who goes before us!  He who cares for the most vunerable among us....the fatherless and the widow.  The solitary, without a family.  He provides sustenance for the earth that He created.

Verses 7-10 seem to recall the wilderness experience.  The earth shook at God's presence at Sinai.  He provided for His people.....both water and food in abundance in a dry and weary place.

Verse 11:   there is a difference in the translation between the ESV and the NKJV.  ESV uses the word 'women', while the NKJV says "great was the company...."  who proclaimed His word.
They went in at His command and conquered the land, by His strength.  Victory was complete with much spoil.

Israel, though in her own right neither imposing or wealthy, will prosper greatly under the shelter of their God.

Mount Zion , where God dwells in the land, is not as big or majestic, or imposing in appearance as the other mountain ranges, but it is much more surpassing in importance, because God has chosen it as His dwelling.

And still, God sustains His people.....once in the land He promised.  They will continue to be victorious over all enemies.   He continues to scatter those who come against Him and His people.

Because of the great and mighty things He does for Israel, many will come from afar to praise Him......the God who delivers Israel will be praised.  


I am encouraged.......to recall how He has chosen me, and led me through many wildernesses.  He has provided all that I need, and has indeed 'scattered' the enemy, and made me to dwell in a rich place.  (rich in blessings).