His were the politics of piety, which after all are the wisest and most profound. Live up to thy privileges, take the good which God provides thee. This is the main design of providence, That thy beloved may be delivered; if it were not for their sakes he would neither give a banner nor send victory to it. We ought gladly to learn what inspiration so beautifully teaches. Hebrew, "Wine of staggering, "that is, which causeth staggering, or, in other words, intoxicating. IT is a notion of the Rabbis that this Psalm was sung by Adam in Paradise. Having looked at home with satisfaction, the hero king now looks abroad with exultation. (b) Scattered. I will rejoice, or "I will triumph." William Walford. When grief becomes so habitual as to be our drink, and to take the place of our joys, becoming our only wine, then are we in an evil case indeed. Of the Philistines he says, Over Philistia it is mine to boast; for so I would translate, and not, as is usual, Philistia, triumph thou over me, which does not yield a consistent meaning. For the choir director: A psalm # 60:TITLE Hebrew miktam. TITLE. These were some of the chief places, which sided with Ishbosheth whilst he lived, as you may see, 2 Samuel 2; and, as it seemeth, they still cleaved to the house of Saul after he was dead, not acknowledging David for their king. It is one thing to attribute the victory for the honour of the king that was the cause. The grapes of the vineyard of sin produce a wine which fills the most hardened with anguish when justice compels them to quaff the cup. Hanun obtained mercenaries from Syria to reinforce his army, Joab and Abishai his brother, David's generals, gave them battle. 1. David clearly sees the fruits of the divine anger, he traces the flight of Israel's warriors, the breaking of her power, the division in her body politic, to the hand of God. Read Psalm 60 commentary using The Treasury of David. 983, "Moab is my washpot.". TITLE.—A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Psalm 60:4 Our Banner. Except when prophets were commanded by …, The Alarum Hermann Venema. And then Judah yqqwxm is my lawgiver; as it refers to Jacob's prophecy of the sceptre and lawgiver not departing from Judah, denoting that to be the royal tribe; so by it is signified the kingdom of Judah (under which Benjamin is comprehended), that David is possessed of that also. Verse 3. Here was an ancient oil vat, very large and of a single stone; it was evidently brought hither, and indicates the former growth of the olive in these parts. This king elsewhere singing his trophies, saith, "They are fallen under my feet." Excerpt from Spurgeon's Introduction to Psalm 119 [Psalm 119] is like the celestial city which lies four-square, and the height and the breadth of it are equal. To all the claims of Rome, Or Oxford, or the councils of men, we pay no attention; we are free from all other ecclesiastical rule, but that of Christ: but we yield joyful obedience to him: Judah is my lawgiver. Verse 8. Verse 4. Symmachus, "wine of agitation, "and this sense I have adopted which is also that of the Syriac. But still thy banner we have displayed, O proud Philistia, where are thy vaunts? John Brinsley. A Clear Conscience As they had lately experimented in Saul, a king of their own choosing, but not able to save them from those proud Philistines. Our courage fails not, though the night Here is one suppliant for many, even as in the case of our Lord's intercession for his saints. As yet the interior fortresses of Edom had not been subdued. 5. Verse 5. 4. Compare heal its breaches. Cure. He loves us still. The wicked as we see in them the evil, the fruit, and the punishment of sin, shall help on the purification of the saints. Thou hast made the earth to tremble. The name Aram corresponds to Syria in its widest and vaguest sense, and is joined with other names to designate particular parts of that large country. Do not save a drop or a drag: try not to hide one secret sorrow from your God, nor one slight grief that nestles in a corner of your spirit. The Lord has given us the standard of the gospel, let us live to uphold it, and if needful die to defend it. "Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon." The lilies of the testimony—means, that this Psalm has for its chief subject something very lovely and cheering in the law; namely, the words of promise quoted in the beginning of verse six, according to which the land of Canaan belonged to the Israelites, upon which is thus established the confidence expressed in Ps 60:6-8, with respect to their right of property over the land, and their possession of it. There are seven stanzas; twice three two line stanzas, having one of three lines in the middle, which forms the clasp or spangle of the septiad, a circumstance which is strikingly appropriate to the fact that the psalm is called "the Old Testament Paternoster" in some of the old expositors. Moab is my washpot. Shushaneduth. Believer make good use of this, and banish doubts while promises remain. A Michtam of David. Like straw on the threshing floor beneath the feet of the oxen shall we tread upon our abject foes, but it shall rather be his foot which presses them down than ours; his hand shall go out against them so as to put them down and keep them in subjection. Charles H. Spurgeon . Psalm 60 (Masoretic numbering; psalm 59 in Greek numbering) of the Book of Psalms is addressed "to the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth Michtam of David, when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.". "God hath spoken; I will rejoice:" here is a fit motto for every soldier of the cross. "We shall do valiantly, "for God helps not remiss, or cowardly, or negligent men. "—Psalm 65:1-2 “None can keep alive his own soul” — Psalm 22:29. The Lord is with us, omnipotence sustains us, and we will not hesitate, we dare not be cowards. The psalm is in three parts. Verse 2. When, keeping in view the idea of washing the feet, a person throws his shoes, which he has taken off, to any one to be taken away or to be cleanedkylvh with le and also with la, 1Ki 19:19, is "to throw to any one"the individual to whom it belongs to perform such an office must be a slave of the lowest kind. of David useful for teaching, regarding the time David fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. How we may make sinners subservient to our sanctification. Verse 6. Their afflictions had led them to exhibit holy fear, and then being fitted for the Lord's favour, he gave them an ensign, which would be both a rallying point for their hosts, a proof that he had sent them to fight, and a guarantee of victory. The day shall come when the church shall with equal ease subdue China and Ethiopia to the sceptre of the Son of David. Verse 2. Our great enquiry. That God does afflict his people severely, and that he has good reason for the same. Whole Psalm. All rights reserved. He knew that the displeasure of the Lord had brought calamity upon the nation, and to the removal of that displeasure he set himself by earnest prayer. The nations which inhabited the regions adjacent to the land of Canaan were at all times inimical to the Jews, and seized every opportunity of attacking and injuring them. Tarry not, O Lord, till I have done pleading: save first and hear afterwards. This is contrary to their will, and to the nature of things, but faith finds honey in the lion, and a washpot in filthy Moab. 27. The Lord's return to us and ours to him. Of union. The historic record mentions eighteen thousand slain, and here but twelve thousand. SUBJECT AND DIVISION. Over Edom will I cast out my shoe. Ephraim also is the strength of mine head. God hath spoken in his holiness. Truth here answers to God's holiness (Ps 60:6). Wahrscheinlich Angabe der Melodie, nach welcher der Psalm gesungen werden sollte, vielleicht der gleichen, welche bei Ps. As a victor David would allot the conquered territory to those to whom God had given it by lot. Over Edom will I cast out my shoe. Aforetime thy face was towards thy people, be pleased to look on us again with thy favour and grace. "And the Lord said to Moses, Make thee a serpent, and set it upon a standard pole; and it happened that every one who was bitten, and looked at it, lived." God's beloved are the inner seed, for whose sake he preserves the entire nation, which acts as a husk to the vital part. Moab is My Washpot "Moab is my washpot. To these the addition of Gilead (which contained the whole region of Bashan, etc., on the other side of Jordan), and then the mention of Manasseh and Ephraim, are designed, as by so many parts, to denote the kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes; and their being his, and the strength of his head, notes him to be the Lord over them, and to make use of their strength in his wars, for the defending or enlarging his dominions. Verse 8. It shaketh. Verse 7. but if he withdraw his presence we tremble at the fall of a leaf. 19:1-17). John Trapp. Golden secrets are to be told on the house tops; these things were not done in a corner and ought not to be buried in silence. At last we came to the cause of this fertility, a fine brook winding along the bottom. So Hupfeld explains the constructions, referring to Ps 80:5, "Thou hast made them feed upon weeping like bread; "1Ki 22:27, "Feed him with affliction as bread, and with affliction as water" uxl mymw; Isa 30:20. Study Psalm using Charles H. Spurgeon’s Treasury of David to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. To be sung to the tune “Lily of the Testimony.” More than this appear to have fallen according to 1Ch 18:12, but this commemorates one memorable part of the conflict. John Brinsley. It is strong language, meaning that God had seemed to treat them as if they were loathsome of offensive to him. This is fixed fate, the centre of the immutable decree, the inmost thought of the unchangeable Jehovah. Save with thy right hand, and hear me. Neglect or actual sin; a subject for self examination. Thou hast given us by the recent victory, after our prostrate condition, a banner of triumph to lift up (so the Hebrew), because of thy faithfulness to thy promise. The self same God art thou, and to thee faith cleaves. Why a banner? Well did the Lord deserve a song from his servant. As we advanced, large lumps and masses broken off from above, lay like rocks along the shore, or were fallen down as debris. William Loe, in "A Sermon before the King at Theobalds, "entitled, "The King's Shoe, made and ordained to trample on, and to tread down enemies," 1623. The believer owning no law but that which comes from Christ. Whoever might be the secondary agent of these disasters, he beholds the Lord's hand as the prime moving cause, and pleads with the Lord concerning the matter. That thy beloved may be delivered. Thou hast treated us as foul and offensive things, to be put away; as mean and beggarly persons, to be shunned with contempt; as useless dead boughs, to be torn away from the tree, which they disfigure. The strong and warlike tribe of Ephraim being to the state what the helmet is to the warriors in battle; or, perhaps the allusion is to De 33:17: "His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the nations." When Joab returned. 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