Psalms · 12 verses
Psalms 60
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God announces triumph, parcels out the land, and tosses a sandal at Edom; then the speaker asks who can lead him there and wonders whether God has rejected them after all.
A banner for escapevv. 1–5
The psalm opens with a battle heading: David, Aram-naharaim, Aram-zobah, Joab, and the Valley of Salt all stand behind a prayer that begins not with victory but with rejection, brokenness, and a plea for restoration. The land itself has been shaken open, and the people stagger from the wine God made them drink. Then comes the curious banner: it is raised for those who fear God, not chiefly to gather them, but so that they may flee the bow.
A washbasin, a sandal, and a shoutvv. 6–8
God speaks from His sanctuary, and the register changes magnificently. Shechem is to be parcelled out, the Valley of Succoth apportioned, and the familiar territories become pieces of divine equipment: Gilead and Manasseh belong to Him, Ephraim is a helmet, and Judah a scepter. Moab is a washbasin; Edom receives the tossed sandal; over Philistia comes a shout of triumph. Household imagery has taken command of the map.
The unanswered marchvv. 9–12
After all that sanctuary triumph, the speaker asks who will bring him to the fortified city and lead him to Edom. The question is followed by the old wound again: has God rejected them, and will He no longer march with their armies? Human help is dismissed as worthless; the final confidence is that with God they will act with valor, while God tramples the enemies.
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Ps 60:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
Ps 60:2You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
Ps 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
Ps 60:4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
Ps 60:5Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
Ps 60:6God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
Ps 60:7Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Ps 60:8Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
Ps 60:9Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
Ps 60:10Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
Ps 60:11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Ps 60:12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
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- 12 Samuel 8:12–13from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 12Psalms 44:5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
- 12Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- 4Psalms 20:5May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
- 11Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- 12Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- 7Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- 11Psalms 108:12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- 121 Chronicles 19:13Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- 12Revelation 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
- 22 Chronicles 7:14and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- 4Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- 4Isaiah 11:12He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- 12Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- 5Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- 7Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
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