Psalms 68:11

“He made darkness his secret place, etc.] Which, and the dark waters in the next clause, are the same with the thick clouds in the last, in which Jehovah is represented as wrapping himself, and in which he lies hid as in a secret place; not so as that he cannot see others, as wicked men imagine, (<182213>Job 22:13,14); but as that he cannot be beheld by others; the Targum interprets it, “he caused his Shechinah to dwell in darkness;” his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies; these were as a tent or tabernacle, in which he dwelt unseen by men; (see <183629>Job 36:29); all this may design the dark dispensation of the Jews, after their rejection and…”

“gave the word--that is, of triumph. company--or, choir of females, celebrating victory (Exo 15:20).”

“The Lord gave the word - The command, or the order. It is not certain to what the psalmist here refers; whether to some particular occasion then fresh in the recollection of the people, when a great victory had been gained, which it was the design of the psalm to celebrate; or whether it is a general statement in regard to the doings of God, having reference to all his victories and triumphs, and meaning that in all cases the command came from him. The subsequent verses make it evident that there is an allusion here to the ark of the covenant, and to the victories which had been achieved under that as a guide or protector. The entire psalm refers to the ark, and its triumphs; and the idea…”

“Gave - He put this triumphant song into their mouths. Psalms 68:12”

“68:11 a great army (or a host of women) brings: The Hebrew suggests women singers caroling the good news of victory (see 68:25; Exod 15:20).”

“Lord: Psa 40:3; Exo 14:15, Exo 17:9-16; Judg. 4:6-24; Eph 4:11 company: Heb. army, Psa 68:25; Exo 15:20; Judg. 5:1-31; Rev 19:13 Psalms 68:12”

“The futures that now follow are no longer to be understood as referring to previous history; they no longer alternate with preterites. Moreover the transition to the language of address in Psa 68:14 shows that the poet here looks forth from his present time and circumstances into the future; and the introduction of the divine name אדני, after Elohim has been used eleven times, is an indication of a new commencement. The prosperous condition in which God places His church by giving it the hostile powers of the world as a spoil is depicted. The noun אמר, never occurring in the genitival relationship, and never with a suffix, because the specific character of the form would be thereby…”