5 That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save `with' Thy right hand, and answer us.
Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.
That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save `with' Thy right hand, and answer us. God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure, Mine `is' Gilead, mine `is' Manasseh, And Ephraim `is' the strength of my head, Judah `is' my lawgiver, Moab `is' a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually. Who doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto Edom? Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts! Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man. In God we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!
Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Doth crush an enemy.
`Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye `are' the least of all the peoples, but because of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Of Benjamin he said: -- The beloved of Jehovah doth tabernacle confidently by him, Covering him over all the day; Yea, between his shoulders He doth tabernacle.
And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
`Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'
Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove `it'.
Be not afraid, for with thee I `am', Look not around, for I `am' thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.
What -- to My beloved in My house, Her doing wickedness with many, And the holy flesh do pass over from thee? When thou dost evil, then thou exultest.
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Commentary on Psalms 60 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 60
After many psalms which David penned in a day of distress this comes which was calculated for a day of triumph; it was penned after he was settled in the throne, upon occasion of an illustrious victory which God blessed his forces with over the Syrians and Edomites; it was when David was in the zenith of his prosperity, and the affairs of his kingdom seem to have been in a better posture then ever they were either before or after. See 2 Sa. 8:3, 13; 1 Chr. 18:3, 12. David, in prosperity, was as devout as David in adversity. In this psalm,
In singing this psalm we may have an eye both to the acts of the church and to the state of our own souls, both which have their struggles.
To the chief musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach, when he strove with Aram-naharaim, and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt 12,000.
Psa 60:1-5
The title gives us an account,
In these verses, which begin the psalm, we have,
Psa 60:6-12
David is here rejoicing in hope and praying in hope; such are the triumphs of the saints, not so much upon the account of what they have in possession as of what they have in prospect (v. 6): "God has spoken in his holiness (that is, he has given me his word of promise, has sworn by his holiness, and he will not lie unto David, Ps. 89:35), therefore I will rejoice, and please myself with the hopes of the performance of the promise, which was intended for more than a pleasing promise,' Note, God's word of promise, being a firm foundation of hope, is a full fountain of joy to all believers.