20 Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
20 Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
20 He's our Savior, our God, oh yes! He's God-for-us, he's God-who-saves-us. Lord God knows all death's ins and outs.
20 Our God is the God of salvation; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
20 Our God is a God who saves! The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death.
21 Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
21 But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
21 What's more, he made heads roll, split the skulls of the enemy As he marched out of heaven,
21 But God will wound the head of His enemies, The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in His trespasses.
21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies, crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways.
(Read Psalm 68:15-21)
The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, John 17:2. Christ came to a rebellious world, not to condemn it, but that through him it might be saved. The glory of Zion's King is, that he is a Saviour and Benefactor to all his willing people, and a consuming fire to all that persist in rebellion against him. So many, so weighty are the gifts of God's bounty, that he may be truly said to load us with them. He will not put us off with present things for a portion, but will be the God of our salvation. The Lord Jesus has authority and power to rescue his people from the dominion of death, by taking away the sting of it from them when they die, and giving them complete victory over it when they rise again. The crown of the head, the chief pride and glory of the enemy, shall be smitten; Christ shall crush the head of the serpent.
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share."
23 That thy foot may be dipped
23 that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe."
23 You can wade through your enemies' blood, and your dogs taste of your enemies from your boots.
23 That your foot may crush them in blood, And the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."
23 You, my people, will wash your feet in their blood, and even your dogs will get their share!"
(Read Psalm 68:22-28)
The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as their God, as their King, for their good, and in answer to their prayers; especially in and by his word and ordinances. The kingdom of the Messiah shall be submitted to by all the rulers and learned in the world. The people seem to address the king, verse 28. But the words are applicable to the Redeemer, to his church, and every true believer. We pray, that thou, O God the Son, wilt complete thine undertaking for us, by finishing thy good work in us.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 68:20
Commentary on Psalm 68:15-21
(Read Psalm 68:15-21)
The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, John 17:2. Christ came to a rebellious world, not to condemn it, but that through him it might be saved. The glory of Zion's King is, that he is a Saviour and Benefactor to all his willing people, and a consuming fire to all that persist in rebellion against him. So many, so weighty are the gifts of God's bounty, that he may be truly said to load us with them. He will not put us off with present things for a portion, but will be the God of our salvation. The Lord Jesus has authority and power to rescue his people from the dominion of death, by taking away the sting of it from them when they die, and giving them complete victory over it when they rise again. The crown of the head, the chief pride and glory of the enemy, shall be smitten; Christ shall crush the head of the serpent.