Focused Passage

Psalms 60:1-5

Rejected Armies, God's Banner, and Victory Through the LORD

Rejected and shaken people plead for restoration, rally under God's banner, hear God's holy claim over land and nations, and confess that only with God can they gain victory.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

2You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah

5Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

2 Samuel 8BSB references 1 Chronicles 18BSB references Psalms 108BSB references 2 Samuel 8:12Classic cross-references Psalms 16:1Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 8:3Classic cross-references Psalms 44:9Classic cross-references 1 Chronicles 18:12Classic cross-references

Original words

vvvאֲרַ֣םH763Aram-naharaimנַהֲרַיִם֮H763Noun - proper - feminine singular-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Prepositionvvvאֲרַ֪םH760and Aram-zobahצ֫וֹבָ֥הH760Noun - proper - feminine singularand Joabיוֹאָ֗בH3097Noun - proper - masculine singularreturnedוַיָּ֤שָׁבH7725Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularand struck downוַיַּ֣ךְH5221Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object marker12,000 {}שְׁנֵ֖יםH8147Number - md. . .עָשָׂ֣רH6240Number - masculine singular. . .אָֽלֶף׃H505Number - masculine singularEdomitesאֱד֣וֹםH123Noun - proper - masculine singularin the Valleyבְּגֵיא־H1516Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularof Saltמֶ֑לַחH4417Noun - masculine singularYou have rejected usזְנַחְתָּ֣נוּH2186Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common pluralO Godאֱ֭לֹהִיםH430Noun - masculine pluralYou have broken usפְרַצְתָּ֑נוּH6555Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common pluralYou have been angryאָ֝נַ֗פְתָּH599Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularrestoreתְּשׁ֣וֹבֵ֥בH7725Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularusלָֽנוּ׃Preposition | first person common plural

BSB notes

Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60.
That is, Mesopotamia; Aram-naharaim means Aram of the two rivers, likely the region between the Euphrates and Balih Rivers in northwestern Mesopotamia.
That is, the land northeast of Damascus

Verse 2

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 7:14Classic cross-references Hosea 6:1Classic cross-references Isaiah 30:26Classic cross-references Ezekiel 34:16Classic cross-references Isaiah 5:25Classic cross-references

Original words

You have shakenהִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּהH7493Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singularthe landאֶ֣רֶץH776Noun - feminine singularand torn it openפְּצַמְתָּ֑הּH6480Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singularHealרְפָ֖הH7495Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularits fracturesשְׁבָרֶ֣יהָH7667Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularforכִי־H3588Conjunctionit is quakingמָֽטָה׃H4131Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Psalms 71:20Classic cross-references Psalms 75:8Classic cross-references Isaiah 51:17Classic cross-references Isaiah 51:22Classic cross-references Jeremiah 13:13Classic cross-references

Original words

You have shownהִרְאִ֣יתָהH7200Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singularYour peopleעַמְּךָ֣H5971Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularhardshipקָשָׁ֑הH7186Adjective - feminine singularwe are staggeredתַּרְעֵלָֽה׃H8653Noun - feminine singularfrom the wineיַ֣יִןH3196Noun - masculine singularYou made us drinkהִ֝שְׁקִיתָ֗נוּH8248Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural

Verse 4

Cross-references

Psalms 20:5Classic cross-references Exodus 17:15Classic cross-references Isaiah 11:12Classic cross-references Song of Solomon 2:4Classic cross-references Isaiah 5:26Classic cross-references

Original words

You have raisedנָ֘תַ֤תָּהH5414Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singulara bannerנֵּ֭סH5251Noun - masculine singularfor those who fear Youלִּירֵאֶ֣יךָH3373Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularthat they may fleeלְהִתְנוֹסֵ֑סH5264Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct. . .מִ֝פְּנֵ֗יH6440Preposition-m | Noun - common plural constructthe bowקֹ֣שֶׁטH7189Noun - masculine singularSelahסֶֽלָה׃H5542Interjection

BSB notes

Or that it may be displayed because of truth

Verse 5

Cross-references

Psalms 17:7Classic cross-references Psalms 138:7Classic cross-references Psalms 108:6Classic cross-references Isaiah 41:10Classic cross-references Exodus 15:6Classic cross-references

Original words

Respondוַעֲנֵנוּ׃H6030Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common pluraland save usהוֹשִׁ֖יעָהH3467Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularwith Your right handיְמִֽינְךָ֣H3225Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularthatלְ֭מַעַןH4616ConjunctionYour belovedיְדִידֶ֑יךָH3039Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularmay be deliveredיֵחָלְצ֣וּןH2502Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun

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