1 To the Overseer. — 'Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt — twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us — hadst been angry! — Thou dost turn back to us. 2 Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved. 3 Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling. 4 Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah. 5 That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us. 6 God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult — I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure, 7 Mine [is] Gilead, and mine [is] Manasseh, And Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah [is] my lawgiver, 8 Moab [is] my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia. 9 Who doth bring me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom? 10 Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts! 11 Give to us help from adversity, And vain [is] the deliverance of man. 12 In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!
Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 60 Young's Literal Translation
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Samuel 8:12–13; 2 Samuel 8:3; Psalm 44:9; 1 Chronicles 18:12–13; 2 Samuel 5:20
- 2 2 Chronicles 7:14; Hosea 6:1; Isaiah 30:26; Jeremiah 48:38; Jeremiah 4:24
- 3 Psalm 71:20; Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22; Jeremiah 25:15; Ezekiel 23:31–32
- 4 Psalm 20:5; Exodus 17:15; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 13:2
- 5 Isaiah 41:10; Exodus 15:6; Psalm 108:6–13; Psalm 17:7; Psalm 18:35
- 6 Joshua 13:27; Psalm 89:35; Genesis 12:6; Joshua 1:6; Joshua 17:7
- 7 Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 33:17; Joshua 13:31; 1 Chronicles 12:19; Joshua 17:1
- 8 2 Samuel 8:14; 2 Samuel 8:1–2; Psalm 108:9–10; 1 Chronicles 18:1–2; 2 Samuel 21:15–22
- 9 2 Samuel 12:26–31; 2 Samuel 11:1; Judges 1:12; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Chronicles 11:17–19
- 10 Joshua 7:12; Psalm 108:11; Psalm 60:1; Deuteronomy 1:42; Deuteronomy 20:4
- 11 Psalm 146:3; Psalm 108:12; Psalm 130:8; Psalm 124:1–3; Isaiah 30:7
- 12 Psalm 44:5; Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 63:3; Revelation 19:15; 1 Chronicles 19:13
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
As the Scripture is wont to set mysteries of the Psalms on the titles, and to deck the brow of a Psalm with the high announcement of a Mystery, in order that we that are about to go in may know (when as it were upon the door-post we have read what within is doing) either of whom the house …
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But first passeth away the tribulation of this life, out of which He giveth us help, to whom we have said, "Give us help from tribulation." And all this life is indeed a tribulation to the understanding.
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