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, whom David intended to bring into the lowest degree of servitude, and to render contemptible, 2 Samuel 8:2. Over Edom An old, proud, insolent, and cruel enemy of Israel; will I cast my shoe I will use them like slaves. I will, as it were, trample upon them; a proverbial expression. Philistia, triumph thou because of me Or, over me, as in former years thou didst use to triumph and insult over the poor Israelites. It is an ironical expression, signifying that her triumphs were to come to an end. Bishop Patrick gives a different interpretation to this clause, thus: “The Philistines likewise, whom I have begun to smite, shall add to my triumphs, and be forced to meet me as their conquering Lord.”