Michtam
Michtam, a prayer.
O God, thou hast cast us off - The word used here means properly to be foul, rancid, offensive; and then, to treat anything as if it were foul or...
"To the chief Musician upon (a) Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with (b) Aramzobah, when Joab returned...
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 ha...
Title. Michtam. App-65. when, &c. See 2 Samuel 8:13-14 . Aram-naharaim, &c. . Mesopotamia or Syria. See 1 Chronicles 18:5 , and note...
1. O God! thou hast cast us off. With the view of exciting both himself and others to a more serious consideration of the goodness of God, w...
To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smo...
David complaining to God of former judgment, now, upon better hope, prayeth for deliverance: comforting himself in God's promises, he requesteth tha...
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. See introduction to Psalms 44:1-...
Turn thyself to us] RV 'restore us,' not necessarily from captivity.
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 J...
Hast scattered us. — Literally, hast broken us. A word used of a wall or fence, Psalms 80:12 , but in 2 Samuel 5:20 applied to the rout of an...
Psalms 60:1-12 THIS psalm has evidently a definite historical background. Israel has been worsted in fight, but still continues its campaign again...
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...
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...
CONTENTS In this Psalm the sacred writer is led out to a devout acknowledgment of God's hand, both in prosperity and adversity. He takes refuge in G...
How blessed is it to eye Christ in such like expressions as these, when we behold him as standing forth the Surety and Sponsor of his church and peop...
O God, thou hast cast us off ,.... What is said in this verse, and Psalms 60:2 , are by some applied to times past; to the distress of the people I...
Psalms 60:1 «To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab re...
O God, thou hast cast us off So highly had our sins provoked thy divine majesty, that thou didst reject or forsake us, so as to withdraw thy gracio...
David's Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician upon Shushan-eduth,...
PSALM 60 Shushan-eduth: this, like the rest, seems to be the name of an instrument, or song, or tune, then well known, but now quite unknown and fo...
Heading ( Psalms 60:1 a). ‘For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach, when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with A...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .— “To the Chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Upon Shushaneduth ,” is probably a musical direction to...
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 her...
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...
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 composit...
O God, Thou hast cast us off, this being the conclusion David arrived at from the fact of Edom's invasion; Thou hast scattered us, literally, "brok...
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...
1 Chronicles 18:12 ; 1 Chronicles 18:13 ; 1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Chronicles 19:16-19 ; 1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Samuel 13:11 ; 1 Samuel 13:19-22 ;...
1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.