Psalm 60 (WK) - 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; Al-tascheth , of David, Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to put him to death.{HR}Deliver me from mine enemies, my God;{HR}Set me on high from those 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• ³{i}And David smote Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion by the river Euphrates.{/i}
¹²{i}of 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.{/i}
¹³{i}And David made him a name when he returned, after he had smitten the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand men.{/i} (2 Sam. 8:3,12‑13)

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2 Sam. 10:16• ¹⁶{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 10:16)

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

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1 Chron. 19:16‑19• ¹⁶{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁷{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁸{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁹And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon anymore. (1 Chron. 19:16‑19)

valley.

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

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

O God.

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

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Psa. 44:9• ⁹But now thou hast cast off and put us to shame,{HR}And thou goest not forth with our armies. (Psa. 44:9)

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Psa. 74:1• ¹An instruction; of Asaph.{HR}Why, O God, hast thou cast off forever?{HR}Smoketh thy wrath against the sheep of thy pasture? (Psa. 74:1)

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Psa. 89:38• ³⁸But {i}thou{/i} hast cast off and rejected;{HR}Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed one; (Psa. 89:38)

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Psa. 108:11• ¹¹Hast thou not cast us off, O God?{HR}And wilt thou not, O God, go with our hosts? (Psa. 108:11)

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1 Chron. 28:9• ⁹{i}And 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 forever.{/i} (1 Chron. 28:9)

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Rom. 11:1‑2• ¹I say then, Did God thrust away his people? Let it not be; for I also am an Israelite, of Abraham's seed, of [the] tribe of Benjamin.
²God had not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. What, know ye not what the scripture saith in Elias's [case]; how he pleadeth with God against Israel? (Rom. 11:1‑2)

scattered.

Heb. broken.

Psa. 59:11• ¹¹Slay them not, lest my people forget;{HR}Scatter them in thy power and bring them down,{HR}O Lord our shield. (Psa. 59:11)

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1 Sam. 4:10‑11,17• ¹⁰And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
¹¹And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
¹⁷{i}And 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.{/i} (1 Sam. 4:10‑11,17)

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1 Sam. 13:6‑7,11,19‑22• ⁶When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
⁷And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he 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, camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
¹⁹{i}Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.{/i}
²⁰{i}And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,{/i}
²¹{i}when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.{/i}
²²{i}And{/i} 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 was there found. (1 Sam. 13:6‑7,11,19‑22)

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1 Sam. 31:1‑7• ¹{i}And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa{/i}.
²And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.
³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
⁴Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
⁵And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
⁶So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
⁷{i}And 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.{/i} (1 Sam. 31:1‑7)

O turn.

Psa. 79:9• ⁹Help us, O God of our salvation,{HR}For the sake of the glory of thy name and deliver us,{HR}And forgive our sins because of thy name. (Psa. 79:9)

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Psa. 89:3,7,19• ³I have made a covenant with mine elect [one],{HR}I have sworn to David my servant.
⁷God (El) [is] greatly to be feared in the council of the saints{HR}And terrible above all those around him.
¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One,{HR}And saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one,{HR}I have exalted one chosen from the people. (Psa. 89:3,7,19)

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Psa. 85:4• ⁴Restore us, O God of our salvation,{HR}And cause thine indignation toward us to cease. (Psa. 85:4)

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Psa. 90:13• ¹³Return, Jehovah: how long?{HR}And repent as to thy servants. (Psa. 90:13)

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Lam. 3:31‑32• ³¹For Jehovah will not cast off forever:
³²but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

To the chief musician, on Shushana of testimony; Michtam of David to teachb ; when he strove with Syria of Mesopotamia, and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and smote Edom in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.{HR}O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast rent us,{HR}Thou hast been angry; turn again to us.

WK Translation Notes

Lily

Or, be learnt.