Psalms 68:29

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
temple	מֵֽ֭הֵיכָלֶךָ Me.hei.khal.kha	H1964	a large public building · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
kings	מְלָכִ֣ים me.la.Khim	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine plural absolute
bring	יוֹבִ֖ילוּ yo.Vi.lu	H2986	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
presents	שָֽׁי Shai	H7862	a gift (as available) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such ab…
1 Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to…
Psalms 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
Psalms 45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
Isaiah 18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beg…
Isaiah 60:6-11 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and inc…
Isaiah 60:16-17 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and th…
1 Kings 10:24-25 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:22-31

In these verses we have three things: - I. The gracious promise which God makes of the redemption of his people, and their victory over his and their enemies (Psa 68:22, Psa 68:23): The Lord said, in his own gracious purpose and promise, "I will do great things for my people, as the God of their salvation," Psa 68:20. God will not fail the expectations of those who by faith take him for their God. It is promised, 1. That he will set them in safety from their danger, as he had done formerly: "I will again bring them from the depths of the sea," as he did Israel when he brought them out of the slavery of Egypt into the ease and liberty of the wilderness; "and I will again bring them from Bash…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:29

thy temple--literally, "over" Jerusalem--His palace or residence (Psa 5:7) symbolized His protecting presence among His people, and hence is the object of homage on the part of others.

John Gill on Psalms 68:29

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem,.... Not the material temple there, which was not in being in David's time, but was built by his son, and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar; and though it was rebuilt by Zerubbabel, repaired by Herod, and was the Messiah's temple, into which he entered as the Lord and proprietor of it, Malachi 3:1; yet was quickly after his time demolished, and will never be rebuilt more; but the Messiah's spiritual temple, of which he is the builder, foundation, and cornerstone; the materials of which are believers in him, and it is for his service, worship, and glory: and "because of Jerusalem" (b), as it may be translated: by which also the church of Christ is meant, which is…

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John Calvin on Psalms 68:28-30

Psalm 68:28-30 28. Thy God hath commanded thy strength; strengthen, O God! that which thou hast wrought in us. 29. From thy temple upon Jerusalem kings shall bring presents unto thee. 30. Destroy the company of spearmen, (literally, of the reed,) the multitude of bulls with the calves of the people, treading with their feet upon pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. 28. Thy God hath commanded thy strength Men are always disposed to arrogate to themselves the glory of what they may have done instead of tracing their success to God, and David reminds the people once more that they had not triumphed by their own strength, but by power communicated from above. If they…

The Church Fathers

To you the kings shall bring gifts. He says "kings," those who reign over their own selves, according to what is written: "The heart of the king is in the hand of God." These shall bring gifts to God. The virtues of the holy ones are gifts to God.
— Jerome, Homily 7, on Psalm 67

"From Your Temple in Jerusalem, to You kings shall offer presents" [Psalm 68:29]. Jerusalem, which is our free mother, [Galatians 4:26] because the same also is Your holy Temple: from that Temple then, "to You kings shall offer presents." Whatever kings be understood, whether kings of the earth, or whether those whom "He that is above the heavens distinguishes over the dove silvered;" "to You kings shall offer presents." And what presents are so acceptable as the sacrifices of praise? But there is a noise against this praise, from men bearing the name of Christian, and having diverse opinions.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 68

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Dictionary and topics

Jerusalem · The temple built in — The temple built in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 68:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:22-31

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:29

John Gill on Psalms 68:29

John Calvin on Psalms 68:28-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 68:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:22-31

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:29

John Gill on Psalms 68:29

John Calvin on Psalms 68:28-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 68:28–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 68:29

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 68:29