Psalms 68:1

Psalms 68:1 says, To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.  After the introduction of this as a psalm of David, verse one says, Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. David asked that God's enemies be scattered and flee before Him.  Today, God's enemies may think that they can stand up to Him or even defeat Him by denying either His existence or His power, but one day, when His day of judgment comes, they will all try to flee from Him, and they find out that it is even impossible to do that.  Verse two adds, As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.  David asked that God's enemies disappear like smoke or to melt away like wax.  This is about how powerful God's enemies are, even if they appear to be very powerful today.  Verse three states, But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.  As followers of Christ, we are the righteous today, not because of our righteous but because of the righteous of Jesus Christ, and we should be rejoicing in our life, not just when things are going well, but at all times.  Verse four adds, Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.  David tells people, especially the people of God, to sing praises to God and rejoice before Him.  JAH is David's term for Jehovah in this Psalm, but He is the one and only all powerful God.  Verse five says, A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.  David said that God was the God of the orphans and widows.  We as God's people should always help the orphans and widows today so that God may be glorified.  Verse six adds, God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.  David said that God brings those that put their faith in Him together in His family and frees them from their chains of sin, but the rebellious are left to dwell in a dry land, a land cut off from God.  Verse seven declares, O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:  David said that God went before the people in the wilderness, and no matter what we are going through today, as Christians we can be certain that God is going before us.  Verse eight adds, The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.  As David said, God has the power to move the heavens and the earth, as He showed when He shook Mt. Sinai when He gave His law to Moses.  We are even told that as followers of Christ that if we have the faith of a mustard seed that we can move mountains if it is necessary to do so to accomplish God's work.  Verse nine says, Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.  David said God sent refreshing rain when His people were weary.  God will meet our needs today and refresh our faith as long as we continue to put our faith in Him.  Verse ten adds, Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.  We as Christians are the congregation of God and we should dwell in His presence.  We also have the task of showing God's goodness to the poor.  Verse eleven states, The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.  As David said, God has given His word and as Christians it is our responsibility to publish, or share it with the world around us today.   Verse twelve adds, Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. David said that kings fled from His word, and that God's people divided the spoils.  God will always be with us even before the most powerful people in the world, and we have already been promised the victory through faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord.