15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan ; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan . 16 Why do you look with envy , O mountains with many peaks , At the mountain which God has desired for His abode ? Surely the Lord will dwell there forever . 17 The chariots of God are myriads , thousands upon thousands ; The Lord is among them as at Sinai , in holiness . 18 You have ascended on high , You have led captive Your captives ; You have received gifts among men , Even among the rebellious also , that the Lord God may dwell there. 19 Blessed be the Lord , who daily bears our burden , The God who is our salvation . Selah . 20 God is to us a God of deliverances ; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death . 21 Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies , The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 68:15-21
Commentary on Psalm 68:15-21
(Read Psalm 68:15-21)
The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, John 17:2. Christ came to a rebellious world, not to condemn it, but that through him it might be saved. The glory of Zion's King is, that he is a Saviour and Benefactor to all his willing people, and a consuming fire to all that persist in rebellion against him. So many, so weighty are the gifts of God's bounty, that he may be truly said to load us with them. He will not put us off with present things for a portion, but will be the God of our salvation. The Lord Jesus has authority and power to rescue his people from the dominion of death, by taking away the sting of it from them when they die, and giving them complete victory over it when they rise again. The crown of the head, the chief pride and glory of the enemy, shall be smitten; Christ shall crush the head of the serpent.