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Psalms 60:12
12With God's help, we will win! He will beat down our enemies for us.
Psalms 60:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
- New International Version (NIV)With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Through God we will do valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.
Context of Psalms 60:12
10God, have you really turned against us? Will you not lead our armies into battle? 11Help us to fight against our enemies, because help from men is useless! With God's help, we will win! He will beat down our enemies for us.
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בֵּֽאלֹהִ֥ים נַעֲשֶׂה־חָ֑יִל וְ֝ה֗וּא יָב֥וּס צָרֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 60:12
- Psalms 18:32It is God who makes me strong. He shows me the safe way through my life.
- Psalms 144:1Lord, I praise you! You are my strong Rock! You teach me how to fight well. You show me how to use my weapons.
- Numbers 24:18He will win against his enemies in Edom and Seir. The Israelites will become stronger.
- Joshua 1:9Remember that I have told you this: Be strong and do not be afraid. Do not be weak but be brave. I, the Lord your God, will be with you, everywhere that you go.’
- Joshua 14:12So please give to me this hill country that the Lord promised to me. You heard that the Anakites were living there then, in large, strong cities. But the Lord will help me to chase them out, as he has promised to do.’
- 2 Samuel 10:12Be strong! We must be brave as we fight on behalf of our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what he decides is good.’
- 1 Chronicles 19:13Be strong! We must be brave as we fight on behalf of our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what he decides is good.’
- Psalms 44:5Because of your power, we can knock down our enemies. Because of your strength, we can beat them down.
- Isaiah 10:6I send Assyria's army against a nation that does not serve God. I command them to attack the people with whom I am angry. I tell them to take that nation's valuable things for themselves. I tell them to walk all over them, as if they were walking on dirt in the streets.
- Isaiah 63:3He says, ‘I have walked on the grapes alone. Nobody from the nations came to help me. I walked on them because I was angry. I squeezed them to pieces in my anger. Their blood splashed on my clothes, and it made all my clothes dirty.
- Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like brave soldiers who march through the mud in the streets of their enemies. The Lord is with them and they will fight their enemies. They will pull down the soldiers from their horses.
- Malachi 4:3Then you will walk over the wicked people. They will be like ashes under your feet. That will happen on the day when I do these things.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
- Revelation 19:15A sharp sword was coming out of his mouth. He will use this sword to attack the people of all the nations of the world. Then he will rule them with strong authority. He will punish them like someone who stamps on grapes in a winepress. That will show God's great anger against them. He is the Almighty God.
Commentaries on Psalms 60:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Through God we shall do valiantly - Through thee alone shall we do valiantly; thou alone canst tread down our enemies; and to thee alone we look for conquest. The author to whom Harmer refers in the note on the fourth verse, is one of the writers in a work entitled Gesta dei per Francos, fol. Hanoviae, 1611, 2 vols. And the places quoted by Harmer may be found in vol. i., p. 282; and as the passage is singular, and a good use has been made of it for the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Through God - By the help of God. We shall do valiantly - literally, we shall make strength. That is, we shall gain or gather strength; we shall go forth with spirit and with courage to the war. This expresses the confident assurance that they would secure the aid of God, and that under him they would achieve the victory. For he it is that shall tread down our enemies - He will himself tread or trample them down; that is, he will enable us to do it. The…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 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. His present privileges, and the sanctifying influences of the Spirit, are sure earnests of heavenly glory. David rejoices in conquering the neighbouring nations, which had been enemies to Israel. The Israel of God are through Christ more than…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-12This section is repeated in Psalm 108:6–13.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. Hence he closes with a prayer for success, and an assurance of a hearing.Read the comment
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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
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