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Mazmur 68:21

(68-22) Sesungguhnya, Allah meremukkan kepala musuh-Nya, tempurung kepala yang berambut dari orang yang tetap hidup dalam kesalahan-kesalahannya.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Impenitence;   Wicked (People);   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hair, the;   Head;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Head;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   Samson;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Head;   Scalp;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   Head;   Pate;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Death, Views and Customs Concerning;   Didache;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
(68-22) Sesungguhnya, Allah meremukkan kepala musuh-Nya, tempurung kepala yang berambut dari orang yang tetap hidup dalam kesalahan-kesalahannya.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Dan Allah itulah bagi kita Allah pohon selamat yang sempurna, maka dengan Tuhan Hua adalah beberapa keluputan dari pada mati.

Contextual Overview

15 As the hyll of Basan, so is Gods hill: euen an hygh hyll, as the hyll of Basan. 16 Why skyp you so ye high hylles? this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell, yea God wyll abyde in it for euer. 17 The charettes of ye Lorde are twentie thousande, euen thousandes of angels: and the Lorde is among them in holy Sinai. 18 Thou wenst vp on high, thou hast led captiuitie captiue, thou hast receaued gyftes for men: yea euen [for] those that be disobedient, that God the Lorde myght dwell [among them,] 19 Blessed be the Lorde who day by day powreth his [benefites] vpon vs: and is God of our saluation. Selah. 20 The Lorde is our Lorde for to saue vs: and all maner of wayes for death pertayneth to God the Lorde. 21 God wyll wounde the head of his enemies: and the heary scalpe of hym who goeth on styll in his wickednesse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God: Psalms 110:6, Habakkuk 3:13, Mark 12:4

the hairy: Psalms 55:23

of such: Psalms 68:18, Psalms 7:12, Proverbs 1:24-33, Ezekiel 18:27-30, Luke 13:5, Hebrews 2:1-3, Hebrews 12:25, Revelation 2:14-16

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:2 - General Amos 9:1 - cut them

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But God shall wound the head of his enemies,.... Him who is the chief of his enemies, even Satan the prince of devils, the god of the world, the father of the wicked Jews, all enemies of Christ; to "wound" is the same as to bruise him, as in Genesis 3:15; and so the Targum here,

"but God shall break the head of his enemies;''

disappoint his schemes, blast his designs, crush his power and authority, demolish his empire, and eternally destroy him with the fire prepared for him and his angels; and the same may be applied to the man of sin, and all other enemies of Christ, who is the divine Person here, and all along, spoken of; see Psalms 110:6;

[and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses; by whom may be meant antichrist: Jarchi interprets it of Esau, who was an hairy man, and a figure of antichrist: and his hairy scalp may denote his fierceness and cruelty, appearing like a savage beast, drinking the blood of the saints; and like a thief and a robber, who used to let their hair grow long, shagged, and entangled, to strike terror into men they met with, Job 5:5; and also his pride and haughtiness; he exalting himself above all that is called God, and opening his mouth in blasphemy against him: and likewise it signifies his great power and authority, he having people, kingdoms, and nations, depending upon him, as hair on the head, and subject to him: and of him it may be truly said, that he "goes on still in his trespasses"; in tyranny, idolatry, superstition, and will worship; taking no notice of what God says by his witnesses, nor any warning by what the eastern empire suffered by the Turks and Saracens; so as to repent of the works of his hands, of worshipping idols of gold, silver, brass, and wood; nor of his murders, sorceries, fornications, and thefts; but still persisting in them, until his, and the sins of his followers, reach to heaven, Revelation 9:20; but the God-man, Christ Jesus, will give him a deadly wound, of which he shall never be healed: this also holds true of all that persist in a sinful course of life without repentance; who are workers of iniquity, whose lives are one continued series of sinning; these will be punished by Christ with everlasting destruction.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But God shall wound the head of his enemies - More properly, “God shall crush the head,” etc. The idea is that of complete destruction, - as, if the head is crushed, life becomes ex tinct. See Genesis 3:15; compare Psalms 110:6.

And the hairy scalp - More literally, “the top of the hair.” The Hebrew word used here for “scalp” means the vertex, the top, the crown, as of the head, where the hair “divides itself;” and the idea is properly, “the dividing of the hair.” Gesenius, Lexicon. The allusion is to the top of the head; that is, the blow would descend on the top of the head, producing death.

Of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses - Of the man who perseveres in a course of wickedness. If he repents, God will be merciful to him; if he persists in sin, he will be punished. The literal rendering would be, “the hairy scalp going on, or going, sc. “about”, in his trespasses.” The reference is to a wicked man “continuing” in his transgressions.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 68:21. The hairy scalp — קדקד שער kodkod sear. Does this mean any thing like the Indian scalping? Or does it refer to a crest on a helmet or headcap? I suppose the latter.


 
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