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Book of Psalms


Psalm 60

To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim, and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of Salt twelve thousand.

King James Version

1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.1

References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. SDA Bible Commentary Vol 3 pg. 774
3. Smith's Bible Dictionary - http://www. christnotes .org/ dictionary .php?dict =sbd&id =4010

TITLE OF PSALM 60

To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim, and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of Salt twelve thousand.

 

DIVISION OF PSALM 60

According to the superscription Ps. 60 was written by David during his wars with the Edomites. The psalm portrays Israel's humiliation after a major defeat (vs. 1-3), appeals to God to fulfill His promises of victory (vs. 4-8), and expresses confidence in ultimate victory over Israel's foes (vs. 9-12). The psalm has great rapidity of style, employs vivid metaphors, and abounds in the expression of hope.2



SHUSHANEDUTH

Shushaneduth: (Psalms 60:1) ... is probably an abbreviation of "Shoshannim-eduth." (Psalms 80:1) ... [SHOSHANNIM] Shoshannim: "To the chief musician upon Shoshannim" is a musical direction to the leader of the temple choir which occurs in (Psalms 45:1; 69:1) and most probably indicates the melody "after" or "in the manner of" (Authorized Version upon") which the psalms were to be sung. Shoshannim-eduth occurs in the same way in the title of (Psalms 80:1) ... As the words now stand they signify "lilies, a testimony," and the two are separated by a large distinctive accent. In themselves they have no meaning in the present text, and must therefore be regarded as probably a fragment of the beginning of an older psalm with which the choir were familiar.3

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