Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 60:2
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast (d) broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
(d) As split with an earthquake.
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast (d) broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
(d) As split with an earthquake.
THOU HAST MADE THE EARTH TO TREMBLE - This refers, doubtless, to some calamity that might be compared with an earthquake - some disaster, discomfiture, or defeat that had shaken their hopes, as a city...
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...
BROKEN. made fissures. Occurs only here....
Grave disasters have befallen Israel through God's displeasure....
_Thou hast made_&c. R.V. Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it. The disaster is compared to an earthquake, which is often used as a symbol of great catastrophes and especially of divin...
THOU HAST MADE THE EARTH TO TREMBLE— _The land._ By this figurative expression the Scripture frequently denotes extraordinary troubles and calamities: Compare Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 29:6. And such were...
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...
_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 natio...
60:2 earth (d-5) As Psalms 58:2 ....
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...
EARTH] RV 'land.' The imagery is that of an earthquake....
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...
EARTH. — Rather, _land;_ since, though the image is drawn from an earthquake, in which the solid ground trembles and buildings totter and fall (comp. Isaiah 30:13), the convulsion described is _politi...
_[Psalms 60:4]_ הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ רְפָ֖ה שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ
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...
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...
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...
THOU HAST MADE THE EARTH TO TREMBLE; THOU HAST BROKEN IT,.... As is frequently done by an earthquake; which, whatever natural causes there may be of it, is always to be ascribed to God. The ancient He...
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. Ver. 2. _Thou hast made the earth to tremble_] By sundry fearful and dismal fractions and concussi...
_Thou hast made the earth to tremble_ A poetical expression, signifying great and dreadful changes among the people. _Heal the breaches thereof_ Reconcile all those differences which our civil wars ha...
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; Thou hast broken it, the picture being that of all Canaan upset by an earthquake, to which this visitation was compared. HEAL THE BREACHES THEREOF, the losses caus...
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...
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...
MADE THE EARTH TO TREMBLE; a poetical and hyperbolical expression, signifying great and dreadful changes among the people, as HAGGAI 2:7, compared with HEBREWS 12:26,27. See also 1 SAMUEL 14:15. Heal
Psalms 60:2 earth H776 tremble H7493 (H8689) broken H6480 (H8804) Heal H7495 (H8798) breaches H7667 shaking...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 7:14; 2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 22:8; 2 Samuel 3:11; Amo
Tremble — A poetical expression, signifying great changes among the people....