Psalms 60:1
TURN THYSELF TO US] RV 'restore us,' not necessarily from captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
TURN THYSELF TO US] RV 'restore us,' not necessarily from captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 twelve thousand.' SHUSHAN-EDUTH ('the lily of the testimony') denotes that this Ps. was set to the... [ Continue Reading ]
EARTH] RV 'land.' The imagery is that of an earthquake.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE OF ASTONISHMENT] RV 'wine of staggering,' or reeling: see Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22,; where God's wrath is similarly compared to stupefying wine.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT IT MAY BE DISPLAYED, etc.] Read with LXX 'that they may betake themselves to flight before the bow.' Israel has raised the standard only to flee.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY BELOVED] better, 'thy beloved ones.' 6F. The Psalmist gives the grounds of his confidence in God. All the nations are His, and He deals with them as He sees good.... [ Continue Reading ]
REJOICE] exult as a victor. METE] measure. SHECHEM.. SUCCOTH] W. and E. of the Jordan respectively. Both places were connected with Jacob (Genesis 33:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
GILEAD.. MANASSEH] both E. of the Jordan, Gilead being N. of Manasseh. EPHRAIM.. JUDAH] both W. of the Jordan and again named from N. to S. They were the two most powerful Hebrew tribes, and became the heads of the separate kingdoms after Solomon's death. Hence they are distinguished, the one as the... [ Continue Reading ]
MOAB.. EDOM.. PHILISTIA] Israel's neighbours on the E., SE., and W. respectively. They are all described as reduced to the lowest subjection. Moab is the vessel in which the conqueror's feet are washed, Edom the slave who cleans his sandals (reading 'unto Edom' with RM), or the corner into which the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STRONG CITY] Petra, the almost impregnable capital of Edom. It is the Psalmist who now speaks, asking how Edom is to be conquered.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.'... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM TROUBLE] RV 'against the adversary.'... [ Continue Reading ]