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Psalms 60:2
2You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
Context of Psalms 60:2
1You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now restore us! You 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. 4But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow.
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הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ רְפָ֖ה שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ כִי־מָֽטָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 60:2
- Psalms 104:32he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- 2 Samuel 22:8The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry.
- Job 9:6He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
- Isaiah 5:25Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
- Amos 8:8“Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.
- Habakkuk 3:10the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
- Matthew 27:51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split
- Psalms 89:40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
- 2 Samuel 2:8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
- 2 Samuel 3:11Ish-Bosheth did not dare to say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.
- Isaiah 7:8for the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is only Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.
- Jeremiah 14:17“Speak this word to them: “ ‘Let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing; for the Virgin Daughter, my people, has suffered a grievous wound, a crushing blow.
- Jeremiah 48:38On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants,” declares the Lord.
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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