John Gill Commentary Psalms 68:35

"O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed be God." — Psalms 68:35 (ASV)

O God, [you are] terrible In his judgments and acts of vengeance, on antichrist and the antichristian states; being the Lion of the tribe of Judah, that will break them to pieces as a potter's vessel: or "reverend" ^F19 ; to be feared and worshipped by his saints;

out of your holy places ; both out of heaven, the habitation of his holiness, by angels and glorified saints there; and out of all his churches, the several assemblies of them, among whom he is greatly to be feared and adored: the Targum interprets it of the house of the sanctuary;

the God of Israel [is] he that gives strength and power to [his] people ; his peculiar covenant people, his Israel he is the God of. These are weak, and encompassed about with infirmities; he has strength in himself for them; he has promised it to them, and he gives it to them as a pure gift and unmerited favour of his.

It may be understood of the great degree of strength that will be given them in the latter day; when a small one shall be a strong nation, and the feeble shall be as David, and David as God, as the Angel of the Lord, (Isaiah 60:21) (Zechariah 12:8) ; and of the dominion and greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven; which will be given to the saints of the most High, (Daniel 7:27) ;

blessed [be] God : the psalm is concluded with an ascription of blessing to the Messiah, who is God blessed for evermore; and who, as Mediator, is the promised seed, in whom all nations were to be blessed, and now will be; see (Revelation 5:12Revelation 5:13) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F19: (arwn) "venerandus", Michaelis.