English Standard Version
Psalms 60:1
1O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
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!
- 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!
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
Context of Psalms 60:1
O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us. 2You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters. 3You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.
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אֱ֭לֹהִים זְנַחְתָּ֣נוּ פְרַצְתָּ֑נוּ אָ֝נַ֗פְתָּ תְּשׁ֣וֹבֵ֥ב לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 60:1
- Psalms 59:1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me;
- 2 Samuel 8:3David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.
- 2 Samuel 10:16And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates. They came to Helam, with Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
- 1 Chronicles 18:3David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument at the river Euphrates.
- 1 Chronicles 19:16But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
- 2 Kings 14:7He struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir.
- Psalms 60:10Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
- Psalms 44:9But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
- Psalms 74:1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 89:38But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
- Psalms 108:11Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
- Romans 11:1I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Psalms 59:11Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
- 1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
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
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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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