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, and the Philistines, by the special_ _help and assistance of God_, 6-12. NOTES ON PSALM LX The... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 60:3. _THOU HAST MADE US TO DRINK THE WINE OF ASTONISHMENT_] We reel as _drunken_ men; we are _giddy_, like those who have drank too much wine; but _our giddiness_ has been occasioned by the _astonishment_ and _dismay_ that have taken place in consequence of the prevalence of our enemi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 60:4. _THOU HAST GIVEN A BANNER_] נס _nes_, a _sign_, something that was capable of being fixed on a pole. _THAT IT MAY BE DISPLAYED_] להתנוסס _lehithnoses, that it may be_ _unfurled_. _BECAUSE OF THE TRUTH._] מפני קשט _mippeney koshet, from the face_ _of truth_; which has been thus p... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 60:6. _GOD HATH SPOKEN_] Judah shall not only be re-established in Jerusalem, but shall possess Samaria, where _Shechem is_, and the country beyond Jordan, in which is situated the valley of _Succoth_. _Dividing_ and _meting_ out signify _possession_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 60:7. _GILEAD_ IS _MINE_] This country was also beyond Jordan, and _Manasseh_ and _Ephraim_ are put for the _tribes_ that formed the kingdom of Israel. All these, after the return from the captivity, formed but one people, the Jews and Israelites being united. _THE STRENGTH OF MINE HEA... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 60:8. _MOAB_ IS _MY WASHPOT_] The Moabites shall be reduced to the _meanest_ slavery. _OVER EDOM WILL I CAST OUT MY SHOE_] I will make a complete conquest of Idumea, and subject the Edomites to the meanest offices, as well as the Moabites. _PHILISTIA, TRIUMPH THOU BECAUSE OF ME._] Joh... [ Continue Reading ]
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 probable; then the _strong city_ may mean either _Petra_, the capital of _Idumea; Bozra_, in Arabia, ne... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 60:10. _WILT NOT THOU, O GOD_] It is God alone from whom we can expect our enlargement. He who has cast us off, and has abandoned us in battle; it is that very God alone from whom we expect complete enlargement, the repossession of our own land, and the subduction of the surrounding nat... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 60:11. _GIVE US HELP FROM TROUBLE: FOR VAIN_ IS _THE HELP OF_ _MAN._] We have done all we can do, and have trusted too much in ourselves; now, Lord, undertake for us.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 60:12. _THROUGH GOD WE SHALL DO VALIANTLY_] Through thee _alone_ shall we do valiantly; thou _alone_ canst tread down our enemies; and to thee _alone_ we look for conquest. THE author to whom _Harmer_ refers in the note on the _fourth_ verse, is one of the writers in a work entitled _... [ Continue Reading ]