Psalms 68:23

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

²²The Lord said, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea, ²³that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes, the tongues of your dogs in the same."²⁴They have seen Your procession, O God-the march of my God and King into the sanctuary. ²⁵The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines. ²⁶Bless God in the great congregation, bless the Lord from the fountain of Israel. ²⁷There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali. ²⁸Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf. ²⁹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bear you gifts. ³⁰Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war. ³¹Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

Bible Verse Review
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That: Psalms 58:10

dipped: Heb. red, Isaiah 63:1-6

the tongue: 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 22:38, 2 Kings 9:33-37, Revelation 19:17-21

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:42 - make mine Esther 8:13 - avenge themselves

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies,.... This verse is in connection with Psalms 68:21, with Psalms 68:23 being to be read in a parenthesis: the sense is, that the Messiah would so wound the head and hairy scalp of his people's enemies, and there should be such a large effusion of blood, that their feet should be dipped therein, Revelation 14:20;

Revelation 14:20- :;

[and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same; who should lick it up, as the dogs licked the blood of Jezebel, 1 Kings 21:19; and so such a carnage will be made of antichrist and his followers, that the fowls of the heavens will be called upon to eat the flesh of kings, captains, and mighty ones, Revelation 19:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies ... - Margin, “red.” A more literal rendering would be, “That thou mayest crush - thy foot in blood - the tongue of thy dogs from the enemies, from him.” The idea of “dipping” the foot in blood is not in the passage directly; but the leading thought is that of “crushing” the enemy. It is then “added” that the foot would be in blood. So of the tongue of the dogs. The “meaning” is, that the tongues of dogs would be employed in licking up the blood of the enemies, though that is not “expressed” in so many words. The sense of the whole is, that the foes of the people would be slain.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 68:23. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood — God will make such a slaughter among his enemies, the Amorites, that thou shalt walk over their dead bodies; and beasts of prey shall feed upon them.