Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 68:33

33 To him that rideth upon the heavens , which were of old , lo, he doth send out his voyce, and that a mighty voyce .

Upon the highest Heavens, as Deut. 10. 14. his truest and best Sanctuary. By which Expressions, he prevents all mean and Carnal Conceptions of God, as if he were confined to the Ark or Tabernacle, and lifteth up the Minds, both of Iews and Genti[illegible: 1+ letters]es to Heaven, and representeth God as dwelling there in infinite Glory and Majesty and from thence looking down upon all the Inhabitants of the Earth, and Ru[illegible: 1+ letters]ing them by his Almighty Power, and therefore most fit to be owned and received by all Kings and Kingdoms, as their Lord and Governour.

(i. e.) From the very beginning of the World; whereas the Ark was onely some hundreds years Old. Or, which are everlasting; for this Hebrew word Answers to Olam, which looks not onely backward to time past, but forward to the Future, of which this Word is by divers understood, Deut. 33. 15. This is also opposed to the Condition of the Ark and Tabernacle, and Temple; all which, as David by the Spirit of Prophecy well knew, would be abolished and dissolved.

By which he understands; Either, 1. The Thunder called God's [illegible: 1 word], Psal. 29. [illegible: 1+ letters]. and elsewhere. Or rather, 2. His Word, to wit, the Gospel, published by Christ and by his Apostles, assisted by the holy Spirit sent from Heaven; which might well be called God's Voyce, and that a mighty Voyce, because it produced such great and wonderful Effects, as are here above mentioned, in converting all the Kings and Kingdoms of the Earth.

Marginal references: Psal. 18. 10. a[illegible: 1+ letters]d 104. 3.; Heb. give.