Psalms 60:1

Psalms 60:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
• New International Version (NIV)You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now restore us!
• English Standard Version (ESV)O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again!

Context of Psalms 60:1

O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again. 2Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 3Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

Psalms 60:1 word by word

אֱ֭לֹהִים זְנַחְתָּ֣נוּ פְרַצְתָּ֑נוּ אָ֝נַ֗פְתָּ תְּשׁ֣וֹבֵ֥ב לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 60:1

• Psalms 59:1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.
• 2 Samuel 8:3David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
• 2 Samuel 10:16And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.
• 1 Chronicles 18:3And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
• 1 Chronicles 19:16And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.
• 2 Kings 14:7He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
• 2 Chronicles 25:11And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
• Psalms 60:10Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
• Psalms 44:9But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
• Psalms 74:1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
• Psalms 89:38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
• Psalms 108:11Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Romans 11:1I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
• Psalms 59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
• 1 Samuel 4:10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

Commentaries on Psalms 60:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O God, thou hast cast us off - Instead of being our general in the battle, thou hast left us to ourselves; and then there was only the arm of flesh against the arm of flesh, numbers and physical power were left to decide the contest. We have been scattered, our ranks have been broken before the enemy, and thou hast caused the whole land to tremble at our bad success; the people are become divided and seditious. "Thou hast made the land to tremble, even…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O God, thou hast cast us off - The word used here means properly to be foul, rancid, offensive; and then, to treat anything as if it were foul or rancid; to repel, to spurn, to cast away. See the notes at Psalm 43:2. It is strong language, meaning that God had seemed to treat them as if they were loathsome or offensive to him. The allusion, according to the view taken in the introduction to the psalm, is to some defeat or disaster which had occurred after…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David prays for the deliverance of Israel from their enemies. (1-5) He entreats God to carry on and complete their victories. (6-12) Verses 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 displeasure their troubles began, therefore in his favour their prosperity must begin. Those breaches and divisions which the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1This psalm was taught to young people as part of their education. When: See 2 Samuel 8:13–14. Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah refer to the Arameans of northwest Mesopotamia and Syria (see study note on Genesis 24:10). The tune “Lily of the Testimony” is unknown today.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121-3. allude to disasters. cast ... off--in scorn (Psa 43:2; 44:9). scattered--broken our strength (compare 2Sa 5:20). Oh, turn thyself--or, "restore to us" (prosperity). The figures of physical, denote great civil, commotions (Psa 46:2, 3).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 60:1

• Afflictions and Adversities
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In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Aramnaharaim
• Aramzobah
• Michtam
• Psalms
• Salt, Valley of
• ShushanEduth
• Zobah
• David

Commentaries on Psalms 60

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings