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Verse Psalms 60:7. _GILEAD_ IS _MINE_] This country was also beyond
Jordan, and _Manasseh_ and _Ephraim_ are put for the _tribes_ that
formed the kingdom of Israel. All these, after the return from th...
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GILEAD IS MINE, AND MANASSEH IS MINE - That is, My dominion or
authority is extended over these regions - Gilead, Manasseh, Ephraim,
and Judah. The idea here is substantially the same as in the former...
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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 (Psalms 60:9)
This Psalm, “Shushan-Eduth” (the lily...
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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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GILEAD... MANASSEH. Eastern side.
EPHRAIM... JUDAH. Western side.
LAWGIVER. Compare Genesis 49:10; Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21....
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A prayer for deliverance and victory, based upon God's promise to give
Israel the possession of Canaan, and supremacy over the neighbouring
nations....
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GILEAD IS MINE, &C.— He exultingly surveys his strength. Gilead and
Manasseh comprehended the whole country beyond Jordan, as did Ephraim
and Judah on this side; of which Ephraim, containing the main...
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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, Praye...
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_GILEAD IS MINE, AND MANASSEH IS MINE; EPHRAIM ALSO IS THE STRENGTH OF
MINE HEAD; JUDAH IS MY LAWGIVER;_
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. The very language of Jacob is
referred to in Genesis 48:...
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60:7 strength (f-12) Or 'defence.'...
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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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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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Gilead and Manasseh on the east of Jordan, and Ephraim and Judah on
the west, are employed to denote the whole dominion.
STRENGTH OF MINE HEAD... — _i.e., the helmet,_ or possibly with
reminiscence o...
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_[Psalms 60:9]_ לִ֤י גִלְעָ֨ד ׀ וְ לִ֬י
מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה וְ֭ אֶפְרַיִם מָעֹ֣וז
רֹאשִׁ֑י יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה מְחֹֽקְקִי׃...
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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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Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the (h)
strength of mine head; (i) Judah [is] my lawgiver;
(h) For it was strong and well peopled.
(i) David means that in this tribe his...
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_King. They wish long life to the king, expecting that the predictions
of the prophets insured to them temporal dominion. But when they saw
Zorobabel possess no such splendour, they were naturally tau...
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If the Reader will consult 2 Samuel 3:18, he will find somewhat like a
prediction concerning the very event to which David looks forward now
with such confidence of success; and, considering the victo...
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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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GILEAD [IS] MINE,.... This is particularly mentioned, because over
this Abner made Ishbosheth king, 2 Samuel 2:9; and is the place to
which the Jews shall be brought in the latter day, when converted,...
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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 S...
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_Gilead is mine_ All the land beyond Jordan, which was possessed by
Reuben and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh. _And Manasseh is
mine_ The other half of that tribe within Jordan. _Ephraim is th...
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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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6-12 If Christ be ours, all things, one way or another, shall be for
our eternal good. The man who is a new creature in Christ, may rejoice
in all the precious promises God has spoken in his holiness...
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GILEAD; all their land beyond Jordan, which was possessed by Reuben
and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh, NUMBERS 32:29,39,40 DEU
3:10, &c.; JOSHUA 13:25, &c. MANASSEH; the other half of that tr...
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Psalms 60:7 Gilead H1568 Manasseh H4519 Ephraim H669 helmet H4581 head
H7218 Judah H3063 lawgiver H2710 (H8781)
Gilead - Joshua 17:1, Joshua 17:5-6; 1 Chronicles 12:19, 1 Chronicles
12:37
strength -...
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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 T...
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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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_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 son...
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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 num...
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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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1 Chronicles 12:19; 1 Chronicles 12:37; 1 Samuel 28:2; Deuteronomy
33:17; Genesis 49:10; Joshua 17:1; Joshua 17:5; Joshua 17:6...
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Gilead — All the land beyond Jordan, which was possessed by Reuben
and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh — The other
half of that tribe within Jordan. The strength — A chief part of my...