Psalms 60:1 «To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. » O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O tur... [ Continue Reading ]
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 concussions in our state. _ Thou hast broken it_] In allusion to earthquakes. _ Heal the breaches thereof_... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Ver. 3. _Thou hast showed thy people hard things_] God will be sure to plough his own ground, whatsoever becometh of the waste; and to weed his own garden, though the rest of the world should be let alone... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah._ Ver. 4. _Thou hast given a banner_] All the forementioned had formerly befallen them, but now it began to be better, the scene to be altered, banners erected, and displayed in token of victory,... [ Continue Reading ]
That thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] thy right hand, and hear me. Ver. 5. _That thy beloved may be delivered_] Heb. thy darlings, those that fear thee, Psalms 60:4, for, for their sakes it is that God doth good to a people; to all others he seemeth to say, as Elisha once did to Jehoram, t... [ Continue Reading ]
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. Ver. 6. _God hath spoken in his holiness_] He hath assured me all these following places; therefore I looked upon them long since as already mine, and now I am master of them. _ I will rejoi... [ Continue Reading ]
Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver; Ver. 7. _Gilead is mine and Manasseh_] These countries on the other side of Jordan the Syrians haply had gotten, and now David had recovered them. _ Ephraim also is the strength of my hea... [ Continue Reading ]
Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. Ver. 8. _Moab is my wash pot_] A pot wherein to wash my feet, a vessel of dishonour, such as at my pleasure I will break in pieces, Psalms 2:9; and such as I reserve of them alive, shall be my scullions... [ Continue Reading ]
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 now wisheth for. Kimchi readeth it in the perfect tense, Who has led me into the strong cities? who h... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 60:10 [Wilt] not thou, O God, [which] hadst cast us off? and [thou], O God, [which] didst not go out with our armies? Ver. 10. _Wilt not thou, O God?_] Or, hast not thou, &c. The glory of all victories is to be given to God _in solidum._ Strong cities are nothing, when he will have them subd... [ Continue Reading ]
Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man. Ver. 11. _Give us help from trouble_] Give it us whensoever we need it; as hitherto thou very graciously hast done. _ For vain is the help of man_] As they had lately experimented in Saul, a king of their own choosing, but not able to save... [ Continue Reading ]
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies. Ver. 12. _Through God we shall do valiantly_] _Faciemus militiam,_ some render it, and it is true of the spiritual warfare also; we shall be more than conquerors, even triumphers, 2 Corinthians 2:14. _Meminisse opo... [ Continue Reading ]