_O GOD, THOU HAST CAST US OFF, THOU HAST SCATTERED US, THOU HAST BEEN DISPLEASED; O TURN THYSELF TO US AGAIN._ See introduction to Psalms 44:1, the sister psalm. Three strophes, four verses in each. Psalms 60:1.-The covenant peoples affliction; the full healing of the breach anticipated, already h... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST MADE THE EARTH TO TREMBLE; THOU HAST BROKEN IT: HEAL THE BREACHES THEREOF; FOR IT SHAKETH._ Thou hast made the earth to tremble - an image for political convulsion and rending of the nation. HEAL THE BREACHES THEREOF. The healing already has begun (Psalms 60:1; Psalms 60:4): perfect it... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST SHEWED THY PEOPLE HARD THINGS: THOU HAST MADE US TO DRINK THE WINE OF ASTONISHMENT._ Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment -- judgments stupifying and confounding, as wine intoxicates the brain (Jeremiah 13:12; 1 Kings 22:27). "Bread of affliction ... water of affliction" ... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST GIVEN A BANNER TO THEM THAT FEAR THEE, THAT IT MAY BE DISPLAYED BECAUSE OF THE TRUTH. SELAH._ Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth - (Psalms 20:5.) Thou hast given us by the recent victory, after our prostrate condition, a banner... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THY BELOVED MAY BE DELIVERED; SAVE WITH THY RIGHT HAND, AND HEAR ME._ That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right hand - prayer for the completion of the deliverance already begun. God's grace, heretofore vouchsafed, ought not to slacken, but to quicken our prayers. AND HEAR ME. S... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD HATH SPOKEN IN HIS HOLINESS; I WILL REJOICE, I WILL DIVIDE SHECHEM, AND METE OUT THE VALLEY OF SUCCOTH._ God hath spoken in his holiness - alluding to God's promise that His people should possess Canaan (Genesis 49:1; Deuteronomy 33:1), and vanquish their foes (Numbers 24:17). So the title, 't... [ Continue Reading ]
_GILEAD IS MINE, AND MANASSEH IS MINE; EPHRAIM ALSO IS THE STRENGTH OF MINE HEAD; JUDAH IS MY LAWGIVER;_ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. The very language of Jacob is referred to in Genesis 48:5, "Ephraim and Manasseh ... are mine, as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine." Gilead and Manasseh... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOAB IS MY WASHPOT; OVER EDOM WILL I CAST OUT MY SHOE: PHILISTIA, TRIUMPH THOU BECAUSE OF ME._ MOAB IS MY WASHPOT - or washing-tub: expressing the ignominious subjection to which David reduced Moab (2 Samuel 8:2). To wash the feet is the office of a slave (John 13:8). OVER EDOM WILL I CAST OUT MY... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHO WILL BRING ME INTO THE STRONG CITY? WHO WILL LEAD ME INTO EDOM?_ -Anticipation of, and prayer for, success in the expedition against Edom. Verse 9. WHO WILL BRING ME INTO THE STRONG CITY? - `the city of strength' (Psalms 31:21): Petra, or Sela, the rock-built city of Idumea (2 Kings 14:7). V... [ Continue Reading ]