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In vv. 11-13, we have one vignette of this wider movement. The bit that seems most obscure (to me, at any rate), is the "dove" language -- otherwise we are clearly in the joyous phase of revelling in taking plunder from the vanquished enemy. Commentators (like Tate, cited above, or Hans Joachim Kraus, to name but two) associate the "dove" with Astarte who is symbolized by a dove (and compare the "dove" language in Song of Songs).

In vv. 11-13, we have one vignette of this wider movement. The bit that seems most obscure (to me, at any rate), is the "dove" language -- otherwise we are clearly in the joyous phase of revelling in taking plunder from the vanquished enemy. Commentators (like Tate, cited above, or Hans Joachim Kraus, to name but two) associate the "dove" with Astarte who is symbolized by a dove (and compare the "dove" language in Song of Songs).

• Ps 68:12 [Heb, v. 11 in EVV] - fem. plural (our verse)
• Isa 40:9 - 2x feminine singular

• Ps 68:12 [in Hebrew Tanakh, n.b. this is 68:11 in English versions] - fem. plural (our verse)
• Isa 40:9 - 2x feminine singular

First, what other בשׂר Piel particples are there for comparison/illumination of this occurrence? It turns out there are 8 verses with 10 occurrences:

First, what other בשׂר Piel participles are there for comparison/illumination of this occurrence? It turns out there are 8 verses with 10 occurrences: