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Commentary on Psalm 60:6-12 (Read Psalm 60:6-12) If Christ be ours, all things, one way or another, shall be for our eternal good. E. W. Hengstenberg. Verse 2.   She sets this over against all discouraging circumstances; let outward providences say what they will, the voice of a faithful God drowns every sound of tear. And mete out the valley of Succoth. Verse 9. I will rejoice, or "I will triumph." Verse 8.   That it may be displayed because of the truth. In the case of Christians there is much encouragement for a resolve similar to that of the first clause. Psalm 22:29 Life's Need and Maintenance. It is a clear and judicious explanation of the text, and cannot be dispensed with. Believer make good use of this, and banish doubts while promises remain. He appears, therefore, to have combined all these transactions, and made them the subject of this Psalm. All rights reserved. We crossed it, and passed up again obliquely over another like swell, covered as before only with thistles. A banner, which is a sign or instrument: 1. Thomas Wilcocks. It even includes Mesopotamia, which is a term of physical rather than political geography, and denotes the space between the Tigris and Euphrates, corresponding to Aram Naharaim, or Syria of the Two Rivers, in the verse before us. Verse 12. Edward Robinson's "Biblical Researches in Palestine, "1867. Copyright © 2001 by Phillip R. Johnson.   Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee. The name Aram corresponds to Syria in its widest and vaguest sense, and is joined with other names to designate particular parts of that large country. Verse 7. For the choir director: A psalm # 60:TITLE Hebrew miktam. Psalm 108 – Praise and Trust from the Past for Today. Whoever might be the secondary agent of these disasters, he beholds the Lord's hand as the prime moving cause, and pleads with the Lord concerning the matter. I will divide Shechem. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Moab, which had threatened Israel, was to be so completely subdued, and become so utterly contemptible as to be likened to a washpot or basin in which men wash their feet.   Secondly, applying it to the kingdom of Christ. (Spurgeon, C. H. Lectures to my Students: Commenting and Commentaries)Rosscup adds: This is one of the more thorough older exegetical … Read Psalm 60 commentary using The Treasury of David. 2. Shechem was an important portion of the country, which as yet had not yielded to his government; but he saw that by Jehovah's help it would be, and indeed was all his own. LORD thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Turn us to thee, turn thou to us. (2 Samuel 5.) Benjamin Boothroyd. This people, who were lately divided and under several banners, thou hast now gathered together and united under one banner; to wit, under my government. Let not our adversaries triumph over our breaches. But if the enemies were too strong, one would help the other. Verse 3. Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Verse 8. Well did the Lord deserve a song from his servant. Verse 7. The work remains in print today in several editions. Astonishing evils bring with them astonishing results. Shushaneduth. Eloquence, learning, wit, none of these can force the gate, but there is One who can. The inhabitants of Tûbâs are divided into three hostile parties; and they carry their divisions into their agriculture in the Ghôr. But the mentioning of these chief generals, by whom the service was performed, is another. "Preserve me, O God." Banners are for the breeze, the sun, the battle.   This promise, … A mere pot to hold the dirty water after my feet have been washed in it. Neglect or actual sin; a subject for self examination. There is a fire water of anguish of soul which even to the righteous makes a cup of trembling, which causes them to be exceeding sorrowful almost unto death. Properly the song may be said to consist of three parts: the complaining verses, Ps 60:1-3; the happy, Ps 60:4-8; the prayerful, Ps 60:9-12. Verse 7. There are no reasons why we should believe it was so, and there are a great many why we should …, Plenary Absolution O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. Divine operation a reason for human activity. Though thou slay us, we will trust in thee, and look for thy merciful help. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; to show that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.”— …, The Danger of Unconfessed Sin Whole Psalm. When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. And specially in fierce temptations, Gods saving precedes man's praying. The wine of astonishment.      The proper subject to treat upon with such a text would be the propriety and excellence of early rising, especially when we are desirous of praising or serving God. O that our King, the true David, were come to claim the earth, for the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is the governor among the nations. Thou hast showed thy people hard things. Verse 3. Thomas Harmer (1715-1788), in "Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture.". What is to be done with it. Easily are we victors when Omnipotence leads the way. David treats his foes as but insignificant and inconsiderable; a whole nation he counts but as a footbath for his kingdom. Psalm 60 (Masoretic numbering; psalm 59 in Greek numbering) of the Book of Psalms is addressed "to the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth Michtam of David, when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.". "Moab is my washpot. The sense justifies it, and the more joyful strain of the music necessitates it. Through God we shall do valiantly. The great physician gives his patients potent potions to purge out their abounding and deep seated diseases. Psalm 60#sn Psalm 60. O God, thou hast cast us off. But when David had succeeded in uniting the whole nation under his authority, he proceeded to avenge the injuries and insults that had been inflicted upon his countrymen by the Philistines, Edomites, Moabites, and Syrians; and God was pleased to give him signal success in his undertakings. When the divine desertion causes mourning and repentance, it will be but partial and temporary. Click the title of a sermon to view or save the PDF. The word here used 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. Franz Delitzsch. We shall do valiantly, we will not be ashamed of our colours, afraid of our foes, or fearful of our cause. JOSEPH A ALEXANDER Psalms Commentary (1864) Spurgeon had high praise for Alexander's work writing that it "Occupies a first place among expositions. It was all but inaccessible, and hence the question of David. (wpe). Thou hast showed thy people hard things] God will be sure to plough his own ground, whatsoever becometh of the waste; and to weed his own garden, though the rest of the world should be let alone to grow wild. Magna est veritas et praevalebit. We were here on the edge of the higher portion of the Ghôr, where low ridges and swells project out from the foot of the western mountains, and form a rolling plain or plateau, which is well watered, arable and very extensively cultivated for wheat. We have met with the title of this Psalm before, in Psalms 4, 6, 54, and 55, but with this difference, that in the present case the word is in the singular number: the Psalm itself is very personal, and well adapted for the private devotion of a single individual. Having looked at home with satisfaction, the hero king now looks abroad with exultation. The combined Aramean tribes sought to overcome Israel, but were signally defeated. DIVISION. John Calvin. We are told that this psalm’s background is when David “fought with Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.” This descriptive title points us to the events of 2 Samuel 8:1-14. To these the addition of Gilead (which contained the whole region of Bashan, etc., on the other side of Jordan), and then the mention of Manasseh and Ephraim, are designed, as by so many parts, to denote the kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes; and their being his, and the strength of his head, notes him to be the Lord over them, and to make use of their strength in his wars, for the defending or enlarging his dominions. By him it is again let to the different villages. Their afflictions had led them to exhibit holy fear, and then being fitted for the Lord's favour, he gave them an ensign, which would be both a rallying point for their hosts, a proof that he had sent them to fight, and a guarantee of victory. Psalm 60:8 French Bible Psalm 60:8 German Bible Alphabetical: because Edom I in is loud Me Moab my O of over Philistia sandal shall shoe shout throw toss triumph upon washbasin washbowl OT Poetry: Psalm 60:8 Moab is my wash basin (Psalm Ps Psa.) Verse 4. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. That is, by Samuel he hath promised, as he is an holy God, and true of his word, that I should be king of all Israel, and now he hath performed it. Verse 1. 2. "I myself will awake early. Matthew Poole. (Verses 5-12 are essentially repeated in Psalm. This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. Helped in the past, we shall also be helped in the future, and being assured of this we resolve to play the man. IN THE YEAR 1863. We struck the same stream again at its source, called Ain el Beida, a large and fine fountain, surrounded with gardens of cucumbers, and watering an extensive tract. What Psalm 60 means. When grief becomes so habitual as to be our drink, and to take the place of our joys, becoming our only wine, then are we in an evil case indeed. "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy." Believer, up and take possession of covenant mercies. God's beloved are the inner seed, for whose sake he preserves the entire nation, which acts as a husk to the vital part. Verse 3. Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools "Intoxicating wine." 25. Things were as unsettled as though the solid earth had been made to quake; nothing was stable; the priests had been murdered by Saul, the worst men had been put in office, the military power had been broken by the Philistines, and the civil authority had grown despicable through insurrections and intestine contests. How we may make sinners subservient to our sanctification. For teaching. This valley could have been no other than the Ghor south of the Dead Sea, adjacent to the mountain of salt; it separates indeed the ancient territories of Judah and Edom. “Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.” — Psalm 60:4. God hath spoken the word, saith he, therefore is shall be done, yea, it is done; and therefore David cried, All's mine, Gilead in mine, Manasseh is mine, Moab and Edom are mine, as soon as God had spoken the word. God hath spoken in his holiness. Moab is My Washpot "Moab is my washpot. Joseph Caryl. 1Ch 19:12. And thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? All was now dry; and in some places it was difficult to make our way through the exuberant growth. Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee. The deliverance of the elect needs a saving God, a mighty God (right hand), and a prayer hearing God. “Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.”— Psalm cxix. It is meet that desires for good things should flow from good motives. The People’s Confidence in God (60:9-12). Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. O the glorifying of faith! Victorinus Strigelius, 1524-1569. The Shoe of Judgment Psalm 60:8 Feb. 18, 2009 FBC, Chester Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction A On December 14, 2008, our former President made a farewell address to the land that was liberated from Saddam Hussein. This time less furrowed by the rains readers have imagined that it may be because... Jews say Psalm 60 one of the east, `` that is, nothing. Elsewhere singing his trophies, saith, `` 1860 altar dedicated to God for the same shall might... 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