Psalm 68

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Pietro Bernardino , Esposizione del salmo 68 , 1500

The 68th Psalm (according to Greek counting the 67th) is a psalm of David from the second book of the Psalter . In its basic inventory it is probably one of the oldest surviving psalms.

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The psalm is an all-embracing praise of God for his deeds. The first verses (2-4) portray the fate of God's enemies on the one hand, while showing how the righteous may rejoice. God is praised as the helper of the defenseless (verses 5-7). Then, in similar terms as in the Song of Deborah ( Judges 5,4-5  EU ), the appearance of God on the Sinai described and the gift of fruitive rain praised by God (verses 8-11). The victory over the enemy is then continued (verses 12-15) and rounded off in verses 18 and 19. Then God is praised for his help and reminded of the destruction of God's enemies (verses 20–24). Verses 25 to 28 then describe the festival procession in which the LORD (represented by the ark ) enters the sanctuary. In the final part (verses 29-36) the foreign peoples are also asked to praise God.

Church music reception

Georg Friedrich Handel set the 68th Psalm in Chandos Anthem No. 11 Let God arise (HWV 256) to music in 1717/18 .

It also forms the basis for the chorale He Rises, Our God ( EG 281) by Matthias Jorissen from 1798.

In the Reformed Church , Psalm 68 is sung to this day by Matthias Greitter according to the melody "All are blessed", it is also found as EG 76 O man weep your sins in the Evangelical hymn book (root section). In particular, verse 6 "Adoration, honor, thanks and fame" is the secret church hymn of the Reformed, in many congregations verse 6 is an integral part of the sacrament ceremony to this day. Claude Goudimel's sentence is still used in many places today.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 68  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , pp. 713–715.
  2. ↑ http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=58623