NOTES for Psa 60
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. |
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Many people believe that humility is capitulation in the face of failure. But this is not so, for it is before God that we should humble ourselves, not before circumstances. True humility consists in accepting the truth about ourselves, however bitter it may be, and in taking a sober view of reality, free both from forced optimism and from despondency.
It is precisely this humility that is expressed in the lines of this psalm. David clearly realizes that the Lord has rejected him, yet he continues to put his hope in Him. In such a situation, he could have given up and abandoned every attempt to act. Instead, David humbles himself before the Lord and, acknowledging the justice of His anger, continues to trust in Him and ask for help. Neither spiritual fortitude nor faithfulness to the Lord has deserted the psalmist. He believes that the Lord will not let his enemies overcome him, and therefore we may rightly call David's humility bold.
As we know, David's faith did not fail him.
Other notes
For Psa 60:1-8
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. |
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