Psalms 60:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumpha thou because of me. ”

Psalms 60:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moab is my washpot - Moab was a region of country on the east of the Dead Sea, extending as far north as the river Arnon. See the notes at Isaiah 15:1-9 . The words rendered wash-pot mean proper...
Psalms 60:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Moab [is] my (k) washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: (l) Philistia, triumph thou because of me. (k) In most vile subjection. (l) For you will lie and pretend you were glad.
Psalms 60:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LX. This Ps. really consists of two bound together in an abrupt style. In A, i.e. in Psalms 60:1-5 ; Psalms 60:10 b , Psalms 60:11 f. we have a lament over the desperate condition of Israel...
Psalms 60:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Moab... Edom. Spoken of as the chattels of. conqueror ( 2 Samuel 8:12-14 ). washpot . footbath: i.e. an ignominious vessel. cast out my shoe. Idiom for taking possession. Philistia. Syriac...
Psalms 60:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 Moab is my wash-pot In proceeding to speak of foreigners, he observes a wide distinction between them and his own countrymen. The posterity of Abraham he would govern as brethren, and not...
Psalms 60:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. Moab is my washpot - The Moabites shall be reduced to the meanest slavery. Over Edom will I cast out m...
Psalms 60:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Gilead is mine, &c.— He exultingly surveys his strength. Gilead and Manasseh comprehended the whole country beyond Jordan, as did Ephraim and Judah on this side; of which Ephraim, containing th...
Psalms 60:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. Moab is my washpot - or washing-tub: expressing the ignominious subjection to which David reduced...
Psalms 60:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 S...
Psalms 60:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Moab is my washpot — i.e., probably the footbath, a figure expressing great contempt, which receives illustration from the story told of Amasis (Herod. ii. 172) and the golden footpan, which he...
Psalms 60:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 60:1-12 THIS psalm has evidently a definite historical background. Israel has been worsted in fight, but still continues its campaign against Edom. Meditating on God's promises, the psalmis...
Psalms 60:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Prayer for Help against Foes Psalms 60:1-12 This was a national psalm to be taught the people. See title; also Deuteronomy 31:19 . A strong coalition had been formed against David at that ti...
Psalms 60:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song out of defeat. It may be divided into three parts. The first is a recognition of the cause of defeat, ending with a prayer (verses Psa 60:1-5). The second expresses the answer of God i...
Psalms 60:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader will consult 2 Samuel 3:18 , he will find somewhat like a prediction concerning the very event to which David looks forward now with such confidence of success; and, considering the vi...
Psalms 60:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Moab [is] my washpot ,.... To wash hands and feet in: and so the Syriac version, "and Moab the washing of my feet"; a vessel for low and mean service, and so denotes the servile subjection of the Mo...
Psalms 60:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. Ver. 8. Moab is my wash pot ] A pot wherein to wash my feet, a vessel of dishonour, such as at my pl...
Psalms 60:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Moab is my wash-pot The wash-pot being a mean article of household stuff, for the use of the feet, (as the Syriac interprets it,) the lowest part of the body, it is a fit title for the Moabites,...
Psalms 60:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rejoicing in Hope. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of...
Psalms 60:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Moab is my wash-pot, in which I shall wash my feet. I shall bring them into the lowest degree of servitude, and make them contemptible and miserable. See 2 Samuel 8:2 . Over Edom, an old, and...
Psalms 60:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Calls On God To Save Them By His Mighty Right Hand So That The People Whom He Loves Might Be Delivered, And Declares The Certainty Of YHWH's Victory Because The Surrounding Nations Are Subject...
Psalms 60:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .— “To the Chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Upon Shushaneduth ,” is probably a musical direction to the leader of the choir. In the superscription to...
Psalms 60:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 60:1 . Oh God thou hast cast us off; or interrogatively, Why hast thou cast us off? At this juncture all the surrounding nations, named here, in the eighty third psalm, and in 2 Samuel 8 ....
Psalms 60:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, Thou hast cast us off; Thou hast scattered us. A psalm of defeat In our own language we possess many fine songs of patriotism. It would be impossible to overestimate the value of such a...
Psalms 60:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION IN the case of this psalm, the "title" is again our best guide, both with respect to the author and to the occasion of the composition. The title is unusually full, and contains suc...
Psalms 60:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Hymn of War and Victory. To the chief musician upon Shushaneduth, to be chanted in public worship according to the melody "The Lily of Testimony," this tune indicating also the contents of the p...
Psalms 60:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:1 ; 1 Chronicles 18:13 ; 1 Chronicles 18:2 ; 2 Samuel 21:15-22 ; 2 Samuel 5:17-25 ; 2 Samuel 8:1 ; 2 Samuel 8:14 ; 2 Samuel 8:2 ; Genesis 25:23 ; Genesis 27:40 ; Numbers 24...
Psalms 60:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wash — pot — In which I shall wash my feet. I shall bring them into the lowest degree of servitude. Shoe — I will use them like slaves; a proverbial expression. Triumph — It is an ironical expressi...

Psalms 60:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 60:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 60:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 60:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 60:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 60:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 60:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 60:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 60:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 60:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 60:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 60:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 60:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 60:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 60:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 60:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes