Psalms 68:14

“Yea, he sent out his arrows, etc.] By which thunderbolts, cracks of thunder, and flashes of lightning, seem to be meant; (see <197717>Psalm 77:17,18 144:6); comparable to arrows shot, and sent out of a bow; and may denote, either the doctrines of the Gospel, which were sharp in the hearts of Christ’s enemies, and are either the means of subduing them to him, or of destroying them, being the savour of death unto death; or however, like arrows, give great pain and uneasiness where they stick, and grievously distress and torment; as does the fire which comes out of the mouth of the two witnesses, (<661105>Revelation 11:5,10). The Targum is, “he sent his word as arrows;” or else the judgments of…”

“Their enemies dispersed, the contrast of their prosperity with their former distress is represented by that of the snow with the dark and somber shades of Salmon.”

“When the Almighty scattered kings in it - The Hebrew here is, “In the scattering of (that is, by) the Almighty of kings.” The reference is to the act of God in causing kings to abandon their purposes of invasion, or to flee when their own countries were invaded. Compare Psalms 48:5-6. The language here is so general that it might be applied to any such acts in the history of the Hebrew people; to any wars of defense or offence which they waged. It may have reference to the scattering of kings and people when Joshua invaded the land of Canaan, and when he discomfited the numerous forces, led by different kings, as the Israelites took possession of the country. The close connection of the…”

“Therein - In Canaan, at the coming of the Israelites. The land was as white as mount Salmon is with the snow. Psalms 68:15”

“68:14 The Almighty (Hebrew Shaddai) is an ancient designation for God (see 91:1; Gen 17:1). • The identification of Mount Zalmon is uncertain; it was possibly a mountain in Bashan (see Ps 68:15).”

“When: Num 21:3, Num 21:21-35; Josh. 10:10-43, 12:1-24; Rev 19:14-21 in it, it was: or, for her, she was, Jdg 2:7; Jer 2:3 as snow: Psa 51:7; Isa 1:18 Psalms 68:15”