Psalm 68:30 (WEB)
Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot the bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“Thence is said in another Psalm, “In order that they might be excluded that have been proved with silver.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxviii. 30.
Read the whole comment“Be there done that which followeth, “Rebuke Thou the beasts of the cane” (ver. 30).” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“It is of such that the Psalmist speaks when he writes: “deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the wild beast,” and “Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds;” creatures who write iniquity and speak lies against the Lord and lift up their mouths against the Most High.” — editor's note: Ps. lxviii. 30, R.V.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…the holy prophet David, seeing in the Spirit that we should from wild beasts become like the dwellers in heaven, says, “Rebuke the wild beasts of the wood,” evidently signifying, not the wood disturbed by the running of wild beasts, and shaken with the roaring of animals, but that wood of which it is written: “We…” — editor's note: Ps. lxviii. [lxvii.] 30.
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