Main Thought:
This is a portion of a long Psalm which describes the work of God’s salvation, whose apex is the ascension of the Messiah (v. 18). This portion describes the ongoing work of God’s salvation.
Psalm 68:19-27
Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation.
Our God is a God of salvation,
and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
The Lord said,
“I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
that you may strike your feet in their blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”
Your procession is seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them virgins playing tambourines:
“Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!”
There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
Prayer
Glorious Lord of hosts, You have won a great victory over Your enemies and delivered to Your servants freedom from the ruler of this world and the great reward of salvation. Grant that we may always live in the light of Your kingdom, singing Your praises in Your sanctuary. Amen.