Midrash sa Mga Awit 68:1: Midrash Tehillim

"God arose, His enemies scattered; His foes fled before Him." (Psalm 68:1-2) Rabbi Pinchas, in the name of Rabbi Oshaya, said that God established five standing positions for David in the Book of Psalms. Four of them correspond to the four kingdoms that he saw in a vision through the Holy Spirit and how they would subjugate Israel, and God stood by each one of them. The fifth position corresponds to the kingdom of Gog, who will come to Israel with strength and say to God, "Arise, Lord, lift up Your hand." David said to God, "My Lord, there is no one to join with her except You." What is meant by "Arise, Lord, lift up Your hand"? It can be compared to a strong man who was crossing a river with his son when he grabbed his hand to help him pass. When they reached the middle of the river, the current became stronger and the rope snapped, causing his son to be carried away by the current. Immediately, the father cried out and said, 'Father, raise your hand and save me from drowning.' So too, the four kingdoms rule over the waters, as it is stated, 'Woe to the multitude of many people' (Isaiah 17:12), and Israel is drowning within it, as it is stated, 'I am sinking in deep mire, and there is no standing' (Psalm 69:3). If not for the Holy One, blessed be He, being with them, they would not have been able to escape, as it is stated, 'When you pass through the waters, I will be with you' (Isaiah 43:2). And when David saw that sin causes them to become stronger like a current of a river to wash away Israel, he began to cry out, 'Arise, O Lord, with Your hand, save me from drowning.' Therefore, he says, 'Arise, O Lord, remember Your oath' (Psalm 10:12). He said to him, 'As your soul lives, I raise My hand, as it is stated, "For I lift up My hand to heaven"' (Deuteronomy 32:40), and it is stated, 'Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations' (Isaiah 49:22)."

"To the conductor, a song of David. May God arise, His enemies scatter; may those who hate Him flee from before Him. As it is written (Proverbs 28:28), 'When the wicked rise, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.' For as long as the wicked rule, the righteous have no raised voice, and when the wicked are destroyed, the righteous multiply. Therefore it is said, 'When the wicked rise, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.' Similarly, Deborah says (Judges 5:31), 'So may all Your enemies perish, O Lord; but may those who love Him be like the sun when it rises in its might.' And David says (Psalm 31:24), 'Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord.' As David said (Numbers 10:35), 'Arise, O Lord, and let Your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate You flee before You.' And Zophar the Naamathite says (Job 11:20), 'But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and there will be no escape for them; and their hope will be to breathe their last.' And Jeremiah said (Jeremiah 10:11), 'Thus you shall say to them: "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens." Therefore, may God arise, His enemies be scattered, and those who hate Him flee before Him and be dispersed."