Psalm 68

The Triple Unite coin featured Psalm 68: EXURGAT DEUS DISSIPENTUR INIMICI, "Let God arise and His enemies be scattered"

Psalm 68 is the 68th psalm of the Book of Psalms.

Pietro Bernardino, Esposizione del salmo 68, 1500

Uses

Religious

Judaism

Catholicism

At the monasteries, this psalm was traditionally performed, from the Early Middle Ages, at the Matins office on Wednesday,[5] · [6] according to the distribution of the rule of St. Benedict fixed at 530.[7].

With regard to the current Liturgy of the Hours, Psalm 68 is recited or sung at the Reading Office on Tuesday of the third week. It is also read on the 22nd Sunday of the ordinary time of year C in the triennial cycle of the Sunday masses.[8]

Secular

The second part of verse 31, "Ethiopia shall soon stretch her hands unto God" (Ge'ez: ኢትዮጵያ ታበድ አደዊሃ ሃበ አግዚአብሐር, Itiyopia tabetsih edewiha habe Igziabiher) was used in the coat of arms of Emperor Haile Selassie, and was also formerly used as the national motto of Ethiopia.

References

  1. ↑ The Artscroll Tehillim page 329
  2. ↑ The Complete Artscroll Siddur page 609
  3. ↑ The Complete Artscroll Siddur page 157
  4. ↑ The Complete Artscroll Siddur page 62
  5. ↑ Psautier latin-français du bréviaire monastique, p. 239, 1938/2003
  6. ↑ http://www.abbaye-montdescats.fr/?page_id=1887
  7. ↑ traduction de Prosper Guéranger,Règle de saint Benoît, chapitre XVIII, (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, réimpression)p.46.
  8. ↑ Le cycle principal des prières liturgiques se déroule sur quatre semaines.

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