Psalm 60:1-62:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 60:1-12

Psalms 60:0 Psalm Victory over EdomIn the war outlined in 2 Samuel 8:3-14 (and dealt with in more detail in 2 Samuel 10:1-19) David fought on many fronts. The present psalm concerns Israel’s victory in a battle against Edom. Because of the widespread military activity, a number of people and places are named in the accounts in 2 Samuel and in the heading to this psalm. Also three different leaders are named as bringing victory to Israel. The first is David, who was the supreme commander in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 60:1

Title. Michtam. App-65 . when, &c. See 2 Samuel 8:13-14 . Aram-naharaim, &c. = Mesopotamia or Syria. See 1 Chronicles 18:5 , and note below on "twelve thousand". twelve thousand. In 2 Samuel 8:13 , and 1 Chronicles 18:12 , it is David's and Abishai's exploit, which was 18,000. Here, it is Joab's exploit, and his share was 12,000, but he took six months longer in finishing up his task (1 Kings 11:15 , 1 Kings 11:16 ). David's 22,000 in 1 Chronicles 18:5 were in a Syrian campaign. See... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 60:1

PSALM 60A PSALM FOLLOWING A MILITARY DEFEATSUPERSCRIPTION: FOR THE CHIEF MUSICIAN; SET TO SHUSHAN EDUTH.MICHTAM OF DAVID; TO TEACH; WHEN HE STROVE WITH ARAM-NAHARAIM; AND JOAB RETURNED; AND SMOTE OF EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT TWELVE THOUSAND.Shushan Eduth. This is usually translated, "The Lily of the Testimony,"[1] which was the name of the tune or melody to which the singers fitted the words of this psalm. Psalms 45; Psalms 69; and Psalms 80 were also set to this tune.Michtam of David.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 60:1

Psalms 60:0. David complaining to God of former judgment, now, upon better hope, prayeth for deliverance: comforting himself in God's promises, he requesteth that help whereon he trusteth. To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim, and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom, in the Valley of Salt, twelve thousand. Title. עדות שׁושׁן על al shushan eduth. Upon Shushan-eduth, &c.] See on Psalms 22:0. Houbigant... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 60:1

1-3. allude to disasters. cast . . . off—in scorn (Psalms 43:2; Psalms 44:9). scattered—broken our strength (compare 2 Samuel 5:20). Oh, turn thyself—or, "restore to us" (prosperity). The figures of physical, denote great civil, commotions (Psalms 46:2; Psalms 46:3). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 60:1-3

In the battle with the Arameans, Israel’s enemy overcame her temporarily. David viewed this defeat as punishment from the Lord. He called out in prayer for national restoration. Since God had allowed the defeat, He was the One who could reverse it. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 60:1-5

1. A cry for deliverance in battle 60:1-5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 60:1-12

Psalms 60The occasion for this national (communal) lament psalm was Israel’s victory over the Arameans and the Edomites (cf. 2 Samuel 8:13; 1 Kings 11:15-16; 1 Chronicles 18:12). Naharaim (lit. rivers) and Zobah were regions in Aram. In this battle, Joab was responsible for defeating 12,000 Edomites (2 Samuel 8:13). Joab’s brother Abishai was the field commander, and the writer of Chronicles gave him the credit for the victory (1 Chronicles 18:12).This is a didactic psalm according to the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 60:1-12

Title.—(RV) ’For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth: Michtam of David, to teach: when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.’Shushan-eduth (’the lily of the testimony’) denotes that this Ps. was set to the same melody as Psalms 45, 69, 80. For ’Michtam’.see Psalms 16. The historical occasion in the title is described in 2 Samuel 8:3-8, 2 Samuel 8:13-14; 1 Chronicles 18:3-8, 1 Chronicles 18:12-13, but in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 60:1

(1) Hast scattered us.—Literally, hast broken us. A word used of a wall or fence, Psalms 80:12, but in 2 Samuel 5:20 applied to the rout of an army, an event which gave its name to the locality, “plain of breaches.” So in English:“And seeing me, with a great voice he cried,They are broken, they are broken.”—TENNYSON: Elaine.On the other hand, the two succeeding verses seem to refer to a political convulsion rather than a military defeat, and it has been conjectured that the breach between the... read more

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