Psalm 60 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

{Shu-shan-eduth.}Probably a hexachord harp, or lute; for {âiduth} appears to be the same as the Arabic {ôod,} a harp or lute; concerning {shushan,} see on Ps 45; 80, titles.Michtam.

or, a golden Psalm.

Psa. 59:1• ¹To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me. (Psa. 59:1)

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Psa. 59• (Psa. 59)

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when he strove.

2 Sam. 8:3,12‑13• ³And David smote Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion by the river Euphrates.
¹²of the Syrians, and of the Moabites, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of the Amalekites, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
¹³And David made him a name when he returned, after he had smitten the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand men. (2 Sam. 8:3,12‑13)

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2 Sam. 10:16• ¹⁶And Hadarezer sent, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river; and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. (2 Sam. 10:16)

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1 Chron. 18:3,12‑13• ³And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
¹²And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
¹³And he put garrisons in Edom; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went. (1 Chron. 18:3,12‑13)

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1 Chron. 19:16‑19• ¹⁶And when the Syrians saw that they were routed before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river; and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
¹⁷And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. And David put the battle in array against the Syrians, and they fought with him.
¹⁸And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and slew Shophach the captain of the host.
¹⁹And the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel, and they made peace with David, and became his servants. And the Syrians would no more help the children of Ammon. (1 Chron. 19:16‑19)

valley.

2 Kings 14:7• ⁷He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela in the war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day. (2 Kings 14:7)

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2 Chron. 25:11• ¹¹But Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. (2 Chron. 25:11)

O God.

Psa. 60:10• ¹⁰Wilt not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies? (Psa. 60:10)

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Psa. 44:9• ⁹But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies; (Psa. 44:9)

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Psa. 74:1• ¹An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? (Psa. 74:1)

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Psa. 89:38• ³⁸But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed: (Psa. 89:38)

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Psa. 108:11• ¹¹Wilt not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies? (Psa. 108:11)

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1 Chron. 28:9• ⁹And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever. (1 Chron. 28:9)

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Rom. 11:1‑2• ¹I say then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For *I* also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
²God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in the history of Elias, how he pleads with God against Israel? (Rom. 11:1‑2)

scattered.

Heb. broken.

Psa. 59:11• ¹¹Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. (Psa. 59:11)

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1 Sam. 4:10‑11,17• ¹⁰And the Philistines fought, and Israel was routed, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
¹¹And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
¹⁷And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. (1 Sam. 4:10‑11,17)

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1 Sam. 13:6‑7,11,19‑22• ⁶And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.
⁷And the Hebrews went over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. And Saul was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
¹¹And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou didst not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash,
¹⁹Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.
²⁰And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,
²¹when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.
²²And it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son there was found. (1 Sam. 13:6‑7,11,19‑22)

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1 Sam. 31:1‑7• ¹And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
²And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.
⁴Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
⁵And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
⁶So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
⁷And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and they that were on this side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. (1 Sam. 31:1‑7)

O turn.

Psa. 79:9• ⁹Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake. (Psa. 79:9)

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Psa. 89:3,7,19• ³I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
⁷*God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. (Psa. 89:3,7,19)

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Psa. 85:4• ⁴Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease. (Psa. 85:4)

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Psa. 90:13• ¹³Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. (Psa. 90:13)

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Lam. 3:31‑32• ³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
³²but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses: (Lam. 3:31‑32)

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• Book 2, Series 2. The beast destroyed during the Indignation. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• Looking beyond all second causes, the remnant acknowledge that God has cast off, and scattered the nation because of His displeasure. They further realize that the One who has scattered is the only One who can restore. (“Psalms 60” by H. Smith)

• This psalm was written when Saul was removed from reigning in Israel and David was made King. More than this the heading also indicates that David had triumphantly defeated the enemies of Israel (2 Sam. 8:3, 12-13, 1 Ki. 11:15, 1 Chron. 18:12). The setting of this psalm then prophetically views things at the time when Christ will have come back in power and judged the heathen nations who have made their inroads into the land of Israel as noted in the previous psalm. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

• The remnant pray for the restoration of the nation of Israel who have been scattered to the four winds (Mt. 24:31—the ten tribes) vs. 1-5. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

To the chief Musician. On Shushanc. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

JND Translation Notes

Meaning, "lily." For michtam see Ps. 16 and Ps. 56 to 60.