Psalm 68

1. God enemies will be defeated. 1-3

Numbers 10:35 CSB

Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say: Arise, Lord! Let your enemies be scattered, and those who hate you flee from your presence.

Scatter is common description of what the Lord will do to his enemies. Babel.

No one can stand before the Lord. Illus: smoke, wax. (Pillar of Fire/Cloud by day).

Psalm 37:20 CSB

But the wicked will perish; the Lord’s enemies, like the glory of the pastures, will fade away— they will fade away like smoke.

The perishing of the wicked is an answer to prayer and will cause great joy for the righteous.

In other passages in the OT our hearts melt like wax before the Lord and Mountains melt like wax before Him as well.

The perishing of the wicked is an answer to prayer and will cause great joy for the righteous.

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2 Thessalonians 1:5 CSB

It is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,

2. The character of the Lord is worthy of our praise. 4-6

Remember what God has done. David invites his readers to celebrate who God is and what He has done.

Illus: My kids forget so much. And as I get frustrated with them, I am reminded how the Lord must view me.

Rider of the clouds. David is comparing and contrasting that Yahweh is sovereign. Not Ball. Baal was the Canaanite god who they worshiped for rain, fertility, and prosperity.

Holy Dwelling

Deuteronomy 26:15 CSB

Look down from your holy dwelling, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Jeremiah 25:30 CSB

“As for you, you are to prophesy all these things to them, and say to them: The Lord roars from on high; he makes his voice heard from his holy dwelling. He roars loudly over his grazing land; he calls out with a shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

The Lord is concerned with the oppressed. Children, Women, the sojourner, those whose rights are trampled by the powerful and the rich.

To be pro-life is to from conception to the grave. If RvW was reversed today, we’d still have pro-life issues to fight for and to change and we will until Jesus returns.

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Zechariah 2:13 CSB

Let all people be silent before the Lord, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.”

In some cases we are just completely blind to injustice and sin. May the Lord open our eyes.

But David makes it clear that those deprived of their rights taste the Lord’s goodness in vindication.

3. He Has done great things. 7-18

The Lord is a Divine Warrior.

He led Israel out of Egypt—through the desert—and into the Promise Land.

He provided water, rain, manna, and his presence and protection.

The voice of the Lord is great. It is weighty like snow on a mountain.

Again Bashan and Zion are compared. No other gods compare the Lord.

4. Inherent to God’s nature is that HE SAVES. 19-23

He is victorious over sin, death, the devil, and all other false gods.

Salvation comes through judgment.

5. There is great Hope for the future. 24-35

Unity of people (4 representative tribes of a unified Israel)

We should continue to be people who pray for God to move.

Exodus imagery—Babel Imagery

The Nations praising the Lord.

Be totally devoted to the Lord, He alone is worthy of your hearts affection and attention.