to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts,
Whose name is the LORD, and exult before Him.
Psalm 68:4 (NASB, updated)
In the original Hebrew, "lift up" (in line 2 of this verse) has no direct object: the verb simply means to lift up, cast up, or exalt. As the link* in the previous sentence explains, the specific form of the verb here can mean to cast up a way or highway, or to lift up (in song).
To me, this missing direct object teaches a wonderful (ahem) object lesson, which I'll get to in a moment. But first, please notice part two of that same line:
for Him who rides through the deserts
When we are lost in a desert wilderness, as so many of us are or have been, the Lord God is not sitting there waiting for us to get our act together. He's riding through the desert, hunting us down. Yes, of course He knows where we are. And He may even want us to hang tight there for a while, so that when we come out of the desert we will be able to speak with compassion and understanding into the lives of people who are stuck in a desert or are about to wander into one.
But He knows where we are, and He's on His way.
This is where the wonderful object lesson of the missing direct object comes in:
As we lift up, cast up, and exalt in praise and song, we are creating a sort of highway for Him. Yes, He knows where we are and is on His way, and yes, He may need us to sit tight for a while. But His path to us will be clearer and less encumbered when He hears us preparing our hearts for Him, even in some small or broken way, through praise.
* (link to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance on blueletterbible.org)