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 men of Edom in the Valley of
Salt.'
This Psalm is dedicated to the Chief Musician to the tune of S... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID CALLS ON GOD TO SAVE THEM BY HIS MIGHTY RIGHT HAND SO THAT THE
PEOPLE WHOM HE LOVES MIGHT BE DELIVERED, AND DECLARES THE CERTAINTY OF
YHWH'S VICTORY BECAUSE THE SURROUNDING NATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO HIM
(PSALMS 60:5).
David calls on God to personally save the people on whom He has set
His love,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 who has caused him to venture against
Edom, and who it is who will give Israel victory over them ... [ Continue Reading ]