Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 60:5
5Save with your right hand, and answer me, so that those you love may be rescued.
Psalms 60:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
- New International Version (NIV)Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
- English Standard Version (ESV)That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
- New King James Version (NKJV)That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.
Context of Psalms 60:5
3You have made your people suffer hardship; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger. 4You have given a signal flag to those who fear you, so that they can flee before the archers.Selah Save with your right hand, and answer me, so that those you love may be rescued. 6God has spoken in his sanctuary: “I will celebrate! I will divide up Shechem. I will apportion the Valley of Succoth. 7Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.
Read all of Psalms 60Psalms 60:5 word by word
לְ֭מַעַן יֵחָלְצ֣וּן יְדִידֶ֑יךָ הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה יְמִֽינְךָ֣ וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 60:5
- Psalms 60:12With God we will perform valiantly; he will trample our foes.
- Psalms 22:8“He relies on the Lord; let him save him; let the Lord rescue him, since he takes pleasure in him.”
- Psalms 108:6Save with your right hand and answer me so that those you love may be rescued.
- Deuteronomy 7:7“The Lord had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- Deuteronomy 33:3Indeed he loves the people. All your holy ones are in your hand, and they assemble at your feet. Each receives your words.
- Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”
- Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him!”
- Psalms 17:7Display the wonders of your faithful love, Savior of all who seek refuge from those who rebel against your right hand.
- Psalms 18:35You have given me the shield of your salvation; your right hand upholds me, and your humility exalts me.
- Psalms 20:6Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty victories from his right hand.
- Psalms 74:11Why do you hold back your hand? Stretch out your right hand and destroy them!
- Exodus 15:6Lord, your right hand is glorious in power. Lord, your right hand shattered the enemy.
- Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.
Commentaries on Psalms 60:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5That thy beloved may be delivered - The word beloved is in the plural number, and might be rendered beloved ones. It refers not merely to David as his servant and friend, but to those associated with him. The reference is to the calamities and dangers then existing, to which allusion has been made above. The prayer is, that the enemy might be driven back, and the land delivered from their invasion. Save with thy right hand - The right hand is that by…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The psalmist prays for rescue based on the special relationship between God and his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. Yet to God's banner they will rally, and pray that, led and sustained by His power (right hand, Psa 17:7; 20:6), they may be safe.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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
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