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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Psalms 60:4

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? Isaiah 11:10. And doth not the church rejoice when Jesus brings her into his banqueting house, and sets his banner of love over her? Song of Solomon 2:4. Yes! almighty God and Father! thou hast indeed given a banner in Christ to all his people. Oh! for grace so to fear thee, so to love thee, so to live to thee in Jesus, that under his banner I may be safe, and, like Moses, look unto Jesus as my altar, and call him Jehovah-nissi, the Lord is my banner. Exodus 17:15.

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See also Psalms 60:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Grave disasters have befallen Israel through God's displeasure....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 60:6]_ נָ֘תַ֤תָּה לִּ ירֵאֶ֣יךָ נֵּ֭ס לְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 60:4 given H5414 (H8804) banner H5251 fear H3373 displayed H5127 (H8710) because H6440 truth H7189 Selah...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 17:15; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 59:14; Isaiah 59:15

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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