Psalms 60:2

Psalms 60:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
• New International Version (NIV)You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.

Context of Psalms 60:2

1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again. Thou hast made the earth to tremble, thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 3Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment. 4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth, (Selah,)

Psalms 60:2 word by word

הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ רְפָ֖ה שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ כִי־מָֽטָה׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 60:2

• Psalms 104:32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
• Psalms 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
• 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.
• Job 9:6Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
• Isaiah 5:25Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
• Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.
• Jeremiah 10:10But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.
• Amos 8:8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.
• Matthew 27:51And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent,
• Psalms 89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
• 2 Samuel 2:8And Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
• 2 Samuel 3:11And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
• Isaiah 7:8for the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so as to be no [more a] people;
• Jeremiah 14:17And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
• Jeremiah 48:38It is wholly lamentation upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the public places thereof; for I have broken Moab, like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith Jehovah.

Commentaries on Psalms 60:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thou hast made the earth to tremble - This refers, doubtless, to some calamity that might be compared with an earthquake - some disaster, discomfiture, or defeat that had shaken their hopes, as a city is shaken by an earthquake. Such comparisons are common in the Scriptures. Thou hast broken it - As if it were broken up, or convulsed. Heal the breaches thereof - That is, Appear for thy people, and repair their disasters, as if after an earthquake thou…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4When God’s people experience his discipline, they affirm their loyalty and await God’s answer.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 60:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Earthquakes
• Lamentations
• War

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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