New English Translation
Psalms 60:2
2You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.
Psalms 60:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
- New International Version (NIV)You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.
Context of Psalms 60:2
1O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us! You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall. 3You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine. 4You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah)
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הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ רְפָ֖ה שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ כִי־מָֽטָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 60:2
- Psalms 104:32He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord – before the God of Jacob,
- 2 Samuel 22:8The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.
- Job 9:6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;
- Isaiah 5:25So the Lord is furious with his people; he lifts his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth!
- Jeremiah 10:10The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
- Amos 8:8Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, like the Nile in Egypt.
- Habakkuk 3:10When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.
- Matthew 27:51Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.
- Psalms 89:40You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
- 2 Samuel 2:8Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul’s army, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.
- 2 Samuel 3:11Ish-bosheth was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him.
- Isaiah 7:8For Syria’s leader is Damascus, and the leader of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.
- Jeremiah 14:17“Tell these people this, Jeremiah: ‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.
- Jeremiah 48:38On all the housetops in Moab and in all its public squares there will be nothing but mourning. For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Commentaries on Psalms 60:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thou hast made the earth to tremble - This refers, doubtless, to some calamity that might be compared with an earthquake - some disaster, discomfiture, or defeat that had shaken their hopes, as a city is shaken by an earthquake. Such comparisons are common in the Scriptures. Thou hast broken it - As if it were broken up, or convulsed. Heal the breaches thereof - That is, Appear for thy people, and repair their disasters, as if after an earthquake thou…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4When God’s people experience his discipline, they affirm their loyalty and await God’s answer.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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