Psalms 60:5

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3 ^aYou have shown Your people hard things;
^bYou have made us drink the wine of¹ confusion.

4 ^aYou have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah

5 ^aThat Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

6 God has ^aspoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will ^bdivide ^cShechem
And measure out ^dthe Valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
^aEphraim also is the helmet for My head;
^bJudah is My lawgiver.

8 ^aMoab is My washpot;
^bOver Edom I will cast My shoe;
^cPhilistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”

9 Who will bring me to the strong city?
Who will lead me to Edom?

10 Is it not You, O God, ^awho cast us off?
And You, O God, who did ^bnot go out with our armies?

11 Give us help from trouble,
^aFor the help of man is useless.

12 Through God ^awe will do valiantly,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.

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Psalms 60:5

That thy beloved may be delivered - The word beloved is in the plural number, and might be rendered beloved ones. It refers not merely to David as his servant and friend, but to those associated with him. The reference is to the calamities and dangers then existing, to which allusion has been made above. The prayer is, that the enemy might be driven back, and the land delivered from their invasion.

Save with thy right hand - The right hand is that by which the sword is handled, the spear hurled, the arrow drawn on the bow. The prayer is, that God would put forth his power and deliver his people.

And hear me - literally, Answer me. The answer which he desired was that God would lead his armies successfully into Edom, Psalms 60:8-9.

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