You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, even from the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell there. (Psalm 68:18) Most of us are familiar with the wording David used here, although most of us are more familiar...

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place. (Psalm 68:17) When an earthly king goes out to war, he is accompanied by a great and, hopefully, superior army. Obviously, this is meant to...

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place. (Psalm 68:17) In Judaism, there is a strong thematic connection between Mount Sinai and Mount Moriah -- one that speaks of God's desire to...

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Zalmon. (Psalm 68:14) Before we begin discussing the intent of this verse, let me share an alternate rendering of this same verse provided by a Jewish translation of the Scripture: “When Shaddai...

Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. (Psalm 68:13) In the previous devotion, we proposed that David alluded to the fact God's people are tasked with proclaiming the Word...

The Lord gave the word; great was the company of those who proclaimed it. Kings of armies flee, they flee. (Psalm 68:11-12) There is a firmly entrenched belief within Judaism that the original language for all men was Hebrew. Until God confounded the languages at...

You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, whereby You confirmed Your inheritance, when it was weary. Your congregation dwelt in it; You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor. (Psalm 68:9-10) Messiah said that, as God's people, we are not to respond to our enemies...

The earth shook; the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. (Psalm 68:8) When the people of Israel arrived at Mount Sinai, they were given instructions to prepare themselves for an audience...

O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness, Selah. (Psalm 68:7) When God led Israel out of Egypt, rather than taking them on the most direct path to Canaan -- a journey of days as opposed to years -- He elected to take them...

A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity. (Psalm 68:5-6) In the previous devotion, we highlighted the fact that the Almighty, though He reigns...

A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity. (Psalm 68:5-6) In Jewish thought, there is a scriptural “golden rule” of sorts that says, whenever...

Sing to God, sing praises to His name; extol Him who rides on the clouds, by His name Yah, and rejoice before Him. (Psalm 68:4) Before we move on to the rest of this psalm, let's consider another inspirational thought conveyed through the words of David, specifically...