Psalm 68

“Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done vbefore” (28). The psalmist celebrated God as the divine Warrior who rides to the rescue of his people (4,7,33). He is not distant; from Sinai through the wilderness and into the Promised Land, he faithfully led his people (7-10). The Lord fights for the vulnerable and cares for our needs; he is “a father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,” and the God who “sets the lonely in families (5-6).

“Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death” (20). From the terrible dangers of sin to the pitfalls of loneliness, God in Christ comes to our rescue.