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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_....
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THOU HAST GIVEN A BANNER TO THEM THAT FEAR THEE - The word rendered
“banner” - נס _nês_ - means properly anything elevated or
lifted up, and hence, a standard, a flag, a sign, or a signal. It may
ref...
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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 ...
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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...
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THE TRUTH: or [Thy] faithfulness. Hebrew. _koshet._ Occurs only here
in Psalms. Compare Proverbs 22:21. certainty, or exact, precise truth.
(No Art.)
SELAH. Connecting the gift, with the great and im...
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_That_it _may be displayed because of the truth_ With this rendering,
which has been retained in the text of the R.V., the verse becomes the
preface to the following prayer. Israel is charged with the...
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Grave disasters have befallen Israel through God's displeasure....
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DISCOURSE: 597
GOD’S BANNER OVER HIS PEOPLE
Psalms 60:4. _Thou hast given a banner to them that feared thee, that
it may be displayed because of the truth._
THIS psalm, in the title of it, is called...
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THOU HAST GIVEN A BANNER TO THEM THAT FEARED THEE— That is, "Though
the Philistines and other nations have long been too hard for us, by
reason of our divisions; yet now thou hast made me to be king,...
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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...
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_THOU HAST GIVEN A BANNER TO THEM THAT FEAR THEE, THAT IT MAY BE
DISPLAYED BECAUSE OF THE TRUTH. SELAH._
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be
displayed because of the truth...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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THOU HAST GIVEN. — Amid the uncertainty attaching to this verse, one
thing is certain, that the Authorised Version rendering of its second
clause must be abandoned. Instead of _koshet_ (truth), we mus...
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_[Psalms 60:6]_ נָ֘תַ֤תָּה לִּ ירֵאֶ֣יךָ
נֵּ֭ס לְ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thou hast given (f) a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be
displayed because of the truth. Selah.
(f) In making me king, you have performed your promise, which seemed
to have lost the force....
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Reader, do not hastily pass over this blessed verse. Surely there is
to be discerned much of the mind of the Holy Ghost in it. Is not Jesus
the banner and ensign which God hath set up to his people? I...
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4_Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee. _Some interpreters
would change the past tense, and read the words as if they formed a
continuation of the prayers which precede — _O that thou would...
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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...
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THOU HAST GIVEN A BANNER,.... The word נס is, by Jarchi, taken to
signify "temptation" or "trial" o; and he interprets it of many
troubles which they had, that they might be tried by them, whether
the...
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_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...
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_Thou hast given a banner_, &c. But now thou hast granted the desires
of those that devoutly worship and serve thee, and given an ensign to
which all the tribes may repair. David, says Dr. Delaney, wa...
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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...
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Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, to which they could
flee, around which they could rally, THAT IT MAY BE DISPLAYED BECAUSE
OF THE TRUTH, lifted up to inspire Israel with new courage, s...
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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...
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THOU HAST GIVEN; either,
1. Formerly. As thou hast sometimes afflicted thy people, so at other
times thou hast delivered them. Or rather,
2. Now lately by and under me. A BANNER; which is a sign and...
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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...
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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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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...
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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...
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_Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be
displayed because of the truth._
OUR BANNER
In the Lord Jesus we find the clue to the history and the solution of
the prophecy. He is...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Exodus 17:15; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 59:14; Isaiah 59:15
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A banner — Which is a sign and instrument, Of union. This people who
were lately divided, thou hast united under one banner, under my
government: Of battle. Thou hast given us an army, and power to op...