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A Challenging Promise
Scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott note this is one of the most difficult verses in the Psalms to interpret with certainty. The exact historical meaning of lying "among the pots" or "sheepfolds" is debated. However, despite the obscurity, the verse's second half clearly points to a beautiful and glorious outcome.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 68:13
18th Century
Theologian
Though ye have lain among the pots - There are few passages in the Bible more difficult of interpretation than this verse and the f…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 68:13–14
19th Century
Bishop
The agreement of the ancient versions in rendering these difficult verses shows that their obscurity does not arise, as in the case of so many pass…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 68:13
19th Century
Preacher
Yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
There are good times ahead for God's…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 68:13
16th Century
Theologian
Though you should lie among the pots. Having spoken of God as fighting the battles of His people, the psalmist adds, by way of qualificati…
John Gill
On Psalms 68:13
17th Century
Pastor
Though you have lain among the pots
Kimchi takes these words to be the words of the women, or of the psalmist addr…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 68:7–14
17th Century
Minister
Fresh mercies should remind us of former mercies. If God brings His people into a wilderness, He will be sure to go before them in it and to bring …