Hymns. This denotes either the female musicians, or the instruments. (Calmet) --- David, under persecution, (Ferrand) the captains, (Ven. Bede; Calmet) or any one in the Church of Christ, (St. Augustine) may adopt this psalm, (Berthier) to thank God. (Worthington)
PSALM LX _The psalmist complains of the desolation which had fallen on_ _the land; prays for deliverance_, 1-5; _and promises himself victory over Shechem, Succoth, Gilead,_ _Ephraim, Moab, Idumea...
O GOD, THOU HAST CAST US OFF - The word used here means properly to be foul, rancid, offensive; and then, to treat anything as if it were foul or rancid; to repel, to spurn, to cast away. See the note...
Psalms 60 The Lord with His People _ 1. Confessions and prayer (Psalms 60:1)_ 2. The inheritance anticipated (Psalms 60:6) 3. Faith's certainty ...
LX. This Ps. really consists of two bound together in an abrupt style. In A, _i.e._ in Psalms 60:1; Psalms 60:10_ b_, Psalms 60:11 f. we have a lament over the desperate condition of Israel, though th...
TITLE. Michtam. App-65. WHEN, &c. See 2 Samuel 8:13. ARAM-NAHARAIM, &C.. Mesopotamia or Syria. See 1 Chronicles 18:5, and note below on "twelve thousand". TWELVE THOUSAND. In...
_thou hast cast us off_ Cp. Psalms 60:10; Psalms 44:9; Psalms 44:23; Psalms 74:1;...
Grave disasters have befallen Israel through God's displeasure....
_David complaining to God of former judgment, now, upon better hope, prayeth for deliverance: comforting himself in God's promises, he requesteth that help whereon he trusteth._ To the chief Musician...
PSALMS 60 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Outcry of Anguish, Expostulation and Entreaty, under a Severe Reverse. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 60:1-4, Lamentation over a Defeat. Stanza II., Psalms 60:5-8, Prayer...
_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....
60:1 Shushan. (c-6) Meaning, 'lily.' For _ michtam_ see Psalms 16 and Psalms 56 to 60....
TURN THYSELF TO US] RV 'restore us,' not necessarily from captivity....
Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth: Michtam of David, to teach: when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
HAST SCATTERED US. — Literally, _hast broken us._ A word used of a wall or fence, Psalms 80:12, but in 2 Samuel 5:20 applied to the rout of an army, an event which gave its name to the locality, “plai...
לַ֭ † מְנַצֵּחַ עַל ־שׁוּשַׁ֣ן עֵד֑וּת מִכְתָּ֖ם...
Psalms 60:1 THIS psalm has evidently a definite historical background. Israel has been worsted in fight, but still continues its campaign against Edom. Meditating on God's promises, the psalmist antic...
PRAYER FOR HELP AGAINST FOES Psalms 60:1 This was a national psalm to be _taught_ the people. See title; also Deuteronomy 31:19. A strong coalition had been formed against David at that time. See 2 S...
This is a song out of defeat. It may be divided into three parts. The first is a recognition of the cause of defeat, ending with a prayer (verses Psa 60:1-5). The second expresses the answer of God in...
"To the chief Musician upon (a) Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with (b) Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve th...
CONTENTS In this Psalm the sacred writer is led out to a devout acknowledgment of God's hand, both in prosperity and adversity. He takes refuge in God's promises, and in them acts faith with full con...
How blessed is it to eye Christ in such like expressions as these, when we behold him as standing forth the Surety and Sponsor of his church and people? Jesus, as the head of his people personating hi...
1._O God! thou hast cast us off. _With the view of exciting both himself and others to a more serious consideration of the goodness of God, which they presently experienced, he begins the psalm with p...
In Psalms 60 the remnant acknowledge God's having cast them off. Their only hope is, that He will turn to them again. This is exactly the point of Israel's righteousness as a nation: no going for help...
O GOD, THOU HAST CAST US OFF,.... What is said in this verse, and Psalms 60:2, are by some applied to times past; to the distress of the people Israel by their neighbours in the times of the judges; t...
Psalms 60:1 «To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelv...
_O God, thou hast cast us off_ So highly had our sins provoked thy divine majesty, that thou didst reject or forsake us, so as to withdraw thy gracious and powerful presence from us, and no longer to...
O God, Thou hast cast us off, this being the conclusion David arrived at from the fact of Edom's invasion; THOU HAST SCATTERED US, literally, "broken us," that is, overwhelmed, overthrown them by this...
A HYMN OF WAR AND VICTORY. To the chief musician upon Shushaneduth, to be chanted in public worship according to the melody "The Lily of Testimony," this tune indicating also the contents of the psalm...
SCATTERED: _ Heb._ broken...
1-5 David owns God's displeasure to be the cause of all the hardships he had undergone. And when God is turning his hand in our favour, it is good to remember our former troubles. In God's displeasur...
PSALM 60 SHUSHAN-EDUTH: this, like the rest, seems to be the name of an instrument, or song, or tune, then well known, but now quite unknown and forgotten; it may be and is by some rendered, _the lily...
Psalms 60:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Testimony H7802 Michtam H4387 David H1732 teaching H3925 (H8763) fought H5327 ...
HEADING (PSALMS 60:1 A). ‘For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach, when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand...
MICHTAM Michtam, a prayer....
CONTENTS: Prayer for the deliverance of God's people from enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God often gives His own people a hard course in this world that they may not take up their rest...
Psalms 60:1. _Oh God thou hast cast us off;_ or interrogatively, Why hast thou cast us off? At this juncture all the surrounding nations, named here, in the eighty third psalm, and in 2 Samuel 8., see...
_O God, Thou hast cast us off; Thou hast scattered us._ A PSALM OF DEFEAT In our own language we possess many fine songs of patriotism. It would be impossible to overestimate the value of such a song...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 60:1. This is a lament for the whole community of Israel at a time when their continued life in the land is being threatened by Gentile neighbors. The title says it is “for...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—_“To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_Upon Shushaneduth_,” is probably a musical direction to the leader of the choir. In the superscription to Psa...
EXPOSITION IN the case of this psalm, the "title" is again our best guide, both with respect to the author and to the occasion of the composition. The title is unusually full, and contains such a numb...
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. For thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; fo...
1 Chronicles 18:12; 1 Chronicles 18:13; 1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Chronicles 19:16;...