Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 68:10

10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor .

Thy People of Israel, who are all united into one Body, under thee their Head and Governour. For though this Word commonly signifies Living Creatures, yet sometimes it signifies a Company of Men, as here below, v. 31. and 2 Sam. 23. 13. Compared with, 1 Chron. 11. 15. and Psal. 74. 19. Or, the Proper signification of the Word may be retained, and it may be rendred, thy Flock: For God oft Compares himself to a Shepherd, and his People to Sheep, and particularly, he is said to have led his People like a Flock, by the Hand of Moses and Aaron, Psal. 77. 20. To wit, in the Wilderness: and Consequently he may be here said to have brought his Sheep into, and made them to dwell in Canaan, as in a Green and good Pasture, as God speaks of his People under this very Metaphor, Psal. 23. 2.

Or, prepared it, which Pronoun is oft understood, and here most easily out of the foregoing Clause of this Verse, where it is expressed: Prepared it, to wit, this Land for the use of thy People; which God did many ways; Partly, by designing it for them, and expelling the old Inhabitants, to make way for them; and Partly, by furnishing it with all sorts of Provisions, both for necessity and delight, and making it fruitful by his special Blessing, in giving Rain in its Proper Seasons.

By thy free and singular Goodness. Which may be referred both to the Cause of this Preparation, God did it not for their Righteousness or Worthiness, but out of his meer Mercy, as God oft telleth them; and to the manner and Measure of it, God did wonderfully increase the Fruits of it, that it might suffice for the supply of such a numerous People; which without his extraordinary Blessing it would not do, as appears by the state of that Land at this Day, as it is Reported by Travellers and Eye-Witnesses of it.

To wit, for thy People of Israel, whom he here calls Poor; Partly, to repress that Pride and Arrogance, to which they are exceeding Prone; and to mind them of the Dependence upon God, for all that they have and Hope for: and Partly, because they really were, when God undertook the Conduct of them into Canaan, a very poor and beggerly People, and so they would have still been, if God had not provided for them in a singular manner.