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Psalms 60:12
12With God we will display great strength. He will trample our enemies.
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
10Isn’t it you, O God, who rejected us? Isn’t it you, O God, who refused to accompany our armies? 11Give us help against the enemy because human assistance is worthless. With God we will display great strength. He will trample our enemies.
Read all of Psalms 60Psalms 60:12 word by word
בֵּֽאלֹהִ֥ים נַעֲשֶׂה־חָ֑יִל וְ֝ה֗וּא יָב֥וּס צָרֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 60:12
- Psalms 18:32God arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.
- Psalms 144:1Thank the Lord, my rock, who trained my hands to fight and my fingers to do battle,
- Numbers 24:18Edom will be conquered, and Seir, his enemy, will be conquered. So Israel will become wealthy.
- Joshua 1:9“I have commanded you, ‘Be strong and courageous! Don’t tremble or be terrified, because the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.’ ”
- Joshua 14:12Now give me this mountain region which the Lord spoke of that day. You heard that the people of Anak are still there and that they have large, fortified cities. If the Lord is with me, I can force them out, as he promised.”
- 2 Samuel 10:12Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God, and the Lord will do what he considers right.”
- 1 Chronicles 19:13Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God, and the Lord will do what he considers right.”
- Psalms 44:5With you we can walk over our enemies. With your name we can trample those who attack us.
- Isaiah 10:6I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.
- Isaiah 63:3“I have trampled alone in the winepress. No one was with me. In my anger I trampled on people. In my wrath I stomped on them. Their blood splattered my clothes so all my clothing has been stained.
- Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like warriors who trample the enemy in the mud on the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them. They will put to shame those who ride on horses.
- Malachi 4:3You will trample on wicked people, because on the day I act they will be ashes under the soles of your feet,” says the Lord of Armies.
- Revelation 19:15A sharp sword comes out of his mouth to defeat the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter and tread the winepress of the fierce anger of God Almighty.
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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