| Psalm 68 | |
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| "Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered" | |
_1644_Triple_Unite_of_Charles_I.jpg) The Triple Unite coin of Charles I (1644) bears the psalm's incipit EXURGAT DEUS DISSIPENTUR INIMICI | |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 68 | |
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← Psalm 67 Psalm 69 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 68 (or Psalm 67 in Septuagint and Vulgate numbering) is "the most difficult and obscure of all the psalms."[1] In the English of the King James Version it begins "Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered". In the Latin Vulgate version it begins "Exsurgat Deus et dissipentur inimici eius".[2] It has 35 verses (36 according to Hebrew numbering). Methodist writer Arno C. Gaebelein calls it "The Great Redemption Accomplished" and describes it as "one of the greatest Psalms".[3]
Psalm 68 is used in both Jewish and Christian liturgies, and also in that of Ethiopianist new religious movements such as Rastafari.[citation needed] It has often been set to music, such as Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Exurgat Deus (H.215) in Latin around 1690, for soloists, chorus, two treble instruments and continuo. Handel used verses 11 and 18 in his 1742 oratorio Messiah (HWV 56).
- ^ "Psalms / 2, Psalms 51-100 : Dahood, Mitchell : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 67 (68)". medievalist.net. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Gaebelein, A. C. (1919), Gaebelein's Annotated Bible on Psalm 68, accessed 10 December 2021