Psalms 68:15-23
There will come a time when all the pretensions of men to power (these high mountains in v. 16) will have to give way to divine power. That power has demonstrated how very great it is, not only by the victory over Israel’s enemies, but also by the victory which Christ gained over Satan (the strong man who held us captive) and by His triumphant resurrection (v. 18; Romans 1:4). Made "higher than the heavens" the Lord is here the One who receives gifts as a Man. In the quotation in Ephesians 4:8-10, He distributes those gifts. In our days the Church uses for its edification these gifts, given to it through the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:33). With all that is within us we echo the words of v. 19: "Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation". Truly our God is a God of salvation. It is God to whom the issues from death belong (although this v. 20 applies in the first place to the national restoration of Israel) and it is He who gives to those kept by His power a heavenly and eternal part with the First-born from among the dead, with the risen Man.