Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 60:2
2Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal its breaches; for it shaketh.
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, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal its breaches; for it shaketh. 3Thou hast shown thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
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הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ רְפָ֖ה שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ כִי־מָֽטָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 60:2
- Psalms 104:32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
- 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry.
- Job 9:6Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble.
- Isaiah 5:25Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills trembled, and their dead bodies were torn 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, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
- Amos 8:8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth in it? and it shall rise up wholly as a river; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the river of Egypt.
- Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
- Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split;
- Psalms 89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
- 2 Samuel 2:8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
- 2 Samuel 3:11And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
- Isaiah 7:8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
- Jeremiah 14:17Therefore thou shalt say this word to them; Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
- Jeremiah 48:38There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets: for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure, saith 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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