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Psalms 60:1
1You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, 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
You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now restore us! 2You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking. 3You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes 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 God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me.
- 2 Samuel 8:3Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument at the Euphrates River.
- 2 Samuel 10:16Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
- 1 Chronicles 18:3Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, in the vicinity of Hamath, when he went to set up his monument at the Euphrates River.
- 1 Chronicles 19:16After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they sent messengers and had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
- 2 Kings 14:7He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11Amaziah then marshaled his strength and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he killed ten thousand men of Seir.
- Psalms 60:10Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?
- Psalms 44:9But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
- Psalms 74:1O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 89:38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
- Psalms 108:11Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
- Romans 11:1I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
- Psalms 59:11But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down.
- 1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers.
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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