Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 60:9
Who will bring me into the strong city, the capital of the Idumeans, the renowned fortress Petra? Who will lead me into Edom?
Who will bring me into the strong city, the capital of the Idumeans, the renowned fortress Petra? Who will lead me into Edom?
Verse Psalms 60:9. _WHO WILL BRING ME_ INTO _THE STRONG CITY?_] If this part of the Psalm, from the _sixth_ to the _twelfth_ verse, refer to _the_ _return of the captives from Babylon_, as I think pr...
WHO WILL BRING ME INTO THE STRONG CITY? - The strong city - the fenced, the fortified city - referred to here is doubtless the capital of Idumea. This was the celebrated city Petra, situated in the ro...
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...
THE STRONG CITY. Probably Sela or Petra, corresponding with Edom (compare 2 Kings 14:7). David claims the promise of Numbers 24:18....
_the strong city_ Probably Sela or Petra, the capital of Edom, famous for its inaccessibility (Obadiah 1:3). See Stanley's _Sinai and Pal_., p. 89, for a description of the wonderful defile, which in...
None but God can give help, and though for the moment He has abandoned His people, He will surely once more lead them to victory....
WHO WILL BRING ME, &C.— Dr. Delaney observes, that David, having promised himself, in a prophetic rapture, the dominion over Moab and Edom, considered himself as that _rod_ which should rise out of Is...
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...
_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...
THE STRONG CITY] Petra, the almost impregnable capital of Edom. It is the Psalmist who now speaks, asking how Edom is to be conquered....
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...
WHO WILL... — _i.e.,_ how can this ancient Divine oracle be fulfilled now in present circumstances? This is the poet’s question. He may be a king himself eager for triumph, or more probably Israel per...
_[Psalms 60:11]_ מִ֣י יֹ֭בִלֵנִי עִ֣יר מָצֹ֑ור מִ֖י...
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...
Who will bring me [into] the (m) strong city? who will lead me into Edom? (m) He was assured that God would give him the strong cities of his enemies, in which they thought themselves sure....
_Day. A Levite speaks, having dedicated himself by vow to serve God continually in his temple, after his return from Babylon, (Calmet) or David expresses his resolution to testify his gratitude, by sa...
How beautiful are all these things, if seen and read with reference to Christ! The prophet beheld in a vision the Lord Jesus coming up from Edom after his victory, when travelling in the greatness of...
9_Who will bring me into the fortified city? _Anticipating an objection which might be alleged, he proceeds to state that he looked to God for the accomplishment of what remained to be done in the cap...
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...
WHO WILL BRING ME [INTO] THE STRONG CITY?.... Which some understand of Rabbah of the Ammonites, which Joab besieged, and sent to David to come and take it in person, 2 Samuel 12:26. The Targum interpr...
Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Ver. 9. _Who will bring me into the strong city?_] Into Rabbah of the Ammonites, which at length he got, 2 Samuel 12:29,31, and n...
_Who will bring me into the strong city_, &c. As if he had said, These are difficult things indeed; and I may well ask, when I consider how potent these nations are, By what power shall I enter that s...
STRONG CITY: _ Heb._ city of strength...
6-12 If Christ be ours, all things, one way or another, shall be for our eternal good. The man who is a new creature in Christ, may rejoice in all the precious promises God has spoken in his holiness...
WHO WILL BRING ME? None can do it but God, as he declareth in the following verses. INTO THE STRONG CITY, i.e. the cities; the singular number for the plural, which is usual. Having beaten his enemies...
Psalms 60:9 bring H2986 (H8686) strong H4692 city H5892 lead H5148 (H8804) Edom H123 Who -...
DAVID DECLARES HIS ASSURANCE THAT ALTHOUGH GOD HAS APPEARED FOR A WHILE TO HAVE ABANDONED HIS PEOPLE, HE WILL NOW ARISE AND ENABLE THEM TO GAIN THE VICTORY (PSALMS 60:9). David now questions who it is...
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...
_Who will bring me into the strong city?_ THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE We are all familiar with the idea that the life of the Christian and the progressive advance of the kingdom of heaven involves a confli...
_Moab is my washpot._ MOAB IS MY WASHPOT “Moab is my wash-pot,” nothing more--a thing contemptible and despicable as compared with the eternal realities of covenant blessings; yet, for all that, ther...
_God hath spoken in His Holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth._ A WAR-SONG OF ISRAEL In this war-song we are given the key to the whole story of Jewish d...
_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 11:17; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26;...
Who — None can do it but God. City — The cities; the singular number for the plural. Having beaten his enemies out of the field, he desires God's assistance to take their strong — holds, and so secure...