John Trapp on Psalms 68:1

PSAL. LXVIII.

A Pſalm or ſong of David] Made at that time, when having overcome his enemies, he brought arcam in arcem, the Ark of God into the Tower of Sion; conferre verſ. 1. with Numb. 10.35. Herein alſo he treateth of the greateſt ſecrets of Chriſts Kingdome, and propheſieth of things to come, as Act. 2.30, 31. witneſſe the Apoſtle, Epheſ. 4.8.

Verſ. 1. Let God ariſe] He need do no more, that his enemies may be ſcattered, though never ſo cloſe united, e[illegible: 1 letter]iamſi catapbractus incedat Satan, as Luther ſpeaketh; digitum ſunns tantum moveat, & diſſipabuntur hoſtes, Let the Lord but ſtirre his finger only, let him but look unto the hoſt of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire, and they ſhall be troubled, as Exod. 14.24. funduntur & fugantur cum primum ſe exferit Deus, as thoſe Philiſtines, 2 Sam. 5.

Let them alſo that hate him, flee before him] Athanaſius telleth us that evill ſpirits may be put to flight by this Pſalm; and that Anthony the Hermite fought againſt the Devill with this verſe, and worſted him. This may be done alſo as well with other texts of Scripture.Golloq. Menſ. Luther encountred the Devill with that ſentence, Thou haſt put all things under his feet; Another Dutch Divine with this, The Sbn of God came to diſſolve the works of the Devil. Cramerus. A third, with thoſe words, The ſeed of the woman ſhall break the Serpents head. As the rocks repel the boiſterous waves — c[illegible: 1 letter] nantia frangere, frangunt; ſo doth Chriſt the Rock (the ſtone cut out of the mountains without hands. Dan. 2.45.) all his Churches enemies.