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Psalm 68:11
The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
9You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.
10Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
11The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
12“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,
13while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
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The Lord speaks first, and the great company of proclaimers draws attention to how many voices carry a message that began with him.
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Matthew 9:37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.Both describe people taking part in the Lord’s work, though the psalm names many proclaimers and Jesus names few laborers.
Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.Both describe a gathered company: proclaimers in the psalm, and women following Miriam with tambourines and dances in Exodus.
Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, …Proclamation joins these passages: the company spreads the Lord’s announcement, and Isaiah’s messenger announces peace, salvation, and God’s reign.
Matthew 9:38Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”The Lord takes the lead in both passages, announcing the word in the psalm and sending workers in Jesus’ instruction to pray.
Psalm 40:3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.God supplies what reaches others: an announcement carried by many in Psalm 68, and a song many hear in Psalm 40.
Psalm 68:25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,Within the same psalm, the great company of proclaimers and the procession of singers and musicians show people taking part together.
Psalm 147:15He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.God’s word goes out in both passages, carried by a great company in one and described as running in the other.
Exodus 17:9–16Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”Both have a battle setting: fleeing kings follow the announcement in Psalm 68, while Moses directs Joshua to fight Amalek.
Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his …The shared thread is God’s authority: the psalm names him as the announcement’s source, while Jeremiah declares him the everlasting King.
Exodus 14:15The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.The Lord speaks and people carry his message: a great company in the psalm, and Moses addressing Israel in Exodus.
Judges 4:6–5:31She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to …Both place the Lord’s speech in a battle setting, with a company proclaiming his announcement and Deborah reporting his command to Barak.
Revelation 19:13He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”The shared term is word: Psalm 68 describes the Lord’s announcement, while Revelation uses Word of God as a person’s name.
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The great company has something to proclaim because the Lord has spoken. The message has its source in him before it reaches all those voices.
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