New King James Version
Psalms 60:2
2You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.
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 Living Translation (NLT)You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
Context of Psalms 60:2
1O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again! You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking. 3You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion. 4You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth. 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 on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
- 2 Samuel 22:8“Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.
- Job 9:6He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;
- Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
- Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, And all the hills moved back and forth.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
- Amos 8:8Shall the land not tremble for this, And everyone mourn who dwells in it? All of it shall swell like the River, Heave and subside Like the River of Egypt.
- Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high.
- Matthew 27:51Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
- Psalms 89:40You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
- 2 Samuel 2:8But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim;
- 2 Samuel 3:11And he could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
- Isaiah 7:8For the head of Syria is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken, So that it will not be a people.
- Jeremiah 14:17“Therefore you shall say this word to them: ‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
- Jeremiah 48:38A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab, And in its streets; For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure,” says 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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