God’s Word Translation
Psalms 60:5
5Save ⌞us⌟ with your powerful hand, and answer us so that those who are dear to you may be rescued.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
- New King James Version (NKJV)That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.
Context of Psalms 60:5
3You have made your people experience hardships. You have given us wine that makes us stagger. 4Yet, you have raised a flag for those who fear you so that they can rally to it when attacked by bows ⌞and arrows⌟. Selah Save ⌞us⌟ with your powerful hand, and answer us so that those who are dear to you may be rescued. 6God has promised the following through his holiness: “I will triumph! I will divide Shechem. I will measure the valley of Succoth. 7Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim is the helmet on my head. 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 will display great strength. He will trample our enemies.
- Psalms 22:8“Put yourself in the Lord’s hands. Let the Lord save him! Let God rescue him since he is pleased with him!”
- Psalms 108:6Save ⌞us⌟ with your powerful hand, and answer us so that those who are dear to you may be rescued.
- Deuteronomy 7:7The Lord set his heart on you and chose you, even though you didn’t outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations.
- Deuteronomy 33:3You certainly love your people. All your holy ones are in your hands. They bow at your feet to receive your instructions.
- Matthew 3:17Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love—my Son with whom I am pleased.”
- Matthew 17:5He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them. Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I love and with whom I am pleased. Listen to him!”
- Psalms 17:7Reveal your miraculous deeds of mercy, O Savior of those who find refuge by your side from those who attack them.
- Psalms 18:35You have given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand supports me. Your gentleness makes me great.
- Psalms 20:6Now I know that the Lord will give victory to his anointed king. He will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty deeds of his powerful hand.
- Psalms 74:11Why do you hold back your hand, especially your right hand? Take your hands out of your pockets. Destroy your enemies!
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, wins glory because it is strong. Your right hand, O Lord, smashes your enemies.
- Isaiah 41:10Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. Don’t be intimidated; I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will support you with my victorious 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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