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Psalms 68:1

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am 2962, bc 1042 (Title), This magnificent and truly sublime ode is supposed, with much probability, to have been composed by David, and sung at the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim.

God arise: Psalms 7:6-7, Psalms 44:26, Psalms 78:65-68, Psalms 132:8-9; Numbers 10:35; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Isaiah 33:3; Isaiah 42:13-14, Isaiah 51:9-10

be scattered: Psalms 68:14, Psalms 68:30, Psalms 59:11, Psalms 89:10; Isaiah 41:15-16; Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 12:14-15; Daniel 2:35

that hate: Psalms 21:8; Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 7:10; John 14:23-24

before him: Heb. from his face

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