English Standard Version
Psalms 60:5
5That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.
Context of Psalms 60:5
3You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger. 4You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us! 6God has spoken in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth. 7Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; 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 shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
- Psalms 22:8"He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"
- Psalms 108:6That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer me!
- Deuteronomy 7:7It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
- Deuteronomy 33:3Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you,
- Matthew 3:17and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
- Matthew 17:5He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him."
- Psalms 17:7Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
- Psalms 18:35You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
- Psalms 20:6Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.
- Psalms 74:11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
- Isaiah 41:10fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold 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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