10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
10 Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.
10 your flock
10 For your people to camp in and enjoy. You set them up in business; they went from rags to riches.
10 Your congregation dwelt in it; You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.
10 There your people finally settled, and with a bountiful harvest, OÂ God, you provided for your needy people.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 68:10
Commentary on Psalm 68:7-14
(Read Psalm 68:7-14)
Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies. If God bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them in it, and to bring them out of it. He provided for them, both in the wilderness and in Canaan. The daily manna seems here meant. And it looks to the spiritual provision for God's Israel. The Spirit of grace and the gospel of grace are the plentiful rain, with which God confirms his inheritance, and from which their fruit is found. Christ shall come as showers that water the earth. The account of Israel's victories is to be applied to the victories over death and hell, by the exalted Redeemer, for those that are his. Israel in Egypt among the kilns appeared wretched, but possessed of Canaan, during the reigns of David and Solomon, appeared glorious. Thus the slaves of Satan, when converted to Christ, when justified and sanctified by him, look honourable. When they reach heaven, all remains of their sinful state disappear, they shall be as the wings of the dove, covered with silver, and her feathers as gold. Full salvation will render those white as snow, who were vile and loathsome through the guilt and defilement of sin.