Psalms 68:21

"God is to us a God of deliverance. To GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 68:21, the Israelites praised God as their deliverer and expressed that salvation and escape from death belonged to the Lord alone. This affirmation echoed the historical context of God’s past interventions, such as delivering them from Egypt and providing miracles like the Exodus. The verse underscores a deep trust in Yahweh's sovereign power to rescue his people from life-threatening situations, reinforcing their belief in his exclusive authority over deliverance and preservation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

But God shall wound the head of his enemies -More properly, “God shall crush the head,” etc. The idea is that of complete destruction, - as, if the head is crushed, life becomes ex tinct. SeeGenesis 3:15; comparePsalms 110:6. And the hairy scalp -More literally, “the top of the hair.” The Hebrew word used here for “scalp” means the vertex, the top, the crown, as of the head, where the hair “divides itself;” and the idea is properly, “the dividing of the hair.” Gesenius, Lexicon. The allusion is to the top of the head; that is, the blow would descend on the top of the head, producing death.

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