The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 68:24-27

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Again we find a transition. The conquest of Canaan is complete—God is gone up into his sanctuary. The nations are led captive or put to tribute Rebels are crushed; the last remnants of them sought out, brought back, and delivered into the hands of Israel.

Now we have a description of God's "goings in the sanctuary" (Psalms 68:24). Some critics suppose a particular occasion to be pointed at; but the expression "goings" rather indicates something habitual, or, at any rate, recurring.

God is from time to time glorified in his sanctuary by ceremonies which the poet describes.

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