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Psalms 60:4
4But you have lifted up a flag for the people who serve you. They can meet together there, to be safe in the battle. Selah.
Psalms 60:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
Context of Psalms 60:4
2You made the ground shake and you tore it open. Now mend the holes, or everything will fall down. 3You have given your people a time of difficult trouble. You have given us strong wine to drink, that has made us fall like drunk people. But you have lifted up a flag for the people who serve you. They can meet together there, to be safe in the battle. Selah. 5Use your power to rescue us! Answer our prayers! Then the people that you love will be safe. 6God has spoken from his holy place! He has promised: ‘I will show my power! I will make Shechem into separate pieces. I will measure Succoth Valley.
Read all of Psalms 60Psalms 60:4 word by word
נָ֘תַ֤תָּה לִּירֵאֶ֣יךָ נֵּ֭ס לְהִתְנוֹסֵ֑ס מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י קֹ֣שֶׁט סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 60:4
- Psalms 20:5Then we will be happy and we will shout aloud when you win against your enemies. We will wave our flags to praise our God. Yes, I pray that the Lord will do for you everything that you ask him to do.
- Exodus 17:15Then Moses used big stones to build an altar. He called it ‘The Lord is my flag in war’.
- Isaiah 11:12The Lord will lift up a clear sign for the nations to see. He will bring together Israel's people that their enemies took away. Yes, he will bring back Judah's exiles from all over the earth.
- Isaiah 49:22The Almighty Lord says, ‘Look! I will lift up my hand, to call the nations. I will raise up a flag as a sign to those people. Then they will bring back your sons and your daughters. They will carry them in their arms and on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 59:19Then people who live in the west will respect the Lord's name. And people who live in the east will see how great he is. The Lord will attack them like a fast river. He will blow them away with a strong wind.
- Psalms 12:1Lord, please help me! All the good people have gone away! No kind or faithful people remain.
- Psalms 45:4Wear your royal clothes and ride out to win against your enemies! Win the war on behalf of truth and justice! Then your strong right hand will do powerful things!
- Isaiah 59:14Judges do not decide in a fair way. Nobody tries to do what is right. There is no place for truth on the streets of our towns. Honest people have to leave.
- Jeremiah 5:1The Lord said, ‘Run along all the streets of Jerusalem. Look carefully all around you. Look in all the public places of the city. Try to find one person who is honest. Try to find one person who wants to know the truth. If you find one person like that, I will forgive all the people in the city.
Commentaries on Psalms 60:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou hast given a banner - נס nes, a sign, something that was capable of being fixed on a pole. That it may be displayed - להתנוסס lehithnoses, that it may be unfurled. Because of the truth - קשט מפני mippeney koshet, from the face of truth; which has been thus paraphrased: If we have displayed the ensign of Israel, and gone forth against these our enemies, who have now made such a terrible breach among us, ( Psalm 60:1-3;), it was because of thy truth…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee - The word rendered “banner” - נס nês - means properly anything elevated or lifted up, and hence, a standard, a flag, a sign, or a signal. It may refer to a standard reared on lofty mountains or high places during an invasion of a country, to point out to the people a place of rendezvous or a rallying place Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 18:3; or it may refer to a standard or ensign borne by an army; or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4God raised a banner over his people to serve as a rallying point and as a source of pride and confidence. The fear of God that leads to wisdom (Psalm 111:10) is not weakness. It gives the perspective and strength needed to do what is right.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
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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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