Psalms 60:9

1 Chronicles 11:17-19; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26-31; Judges 1:12; Judges 1:24; Judges 1:25

Related Commentaries of Psalms 60:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who will bring me into the strong city? - The strong city - the fenced, the fortified city - referred to here is doubtless the capital of Idumea....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who will bring me [into] the (m) strong city? who will lead me into Edom? (m) He was assured that God would give him the strong cities of his enemie...
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 ha...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the strong city. Probably Sela or Petra, corresponding with Edom (compare 2 Kings 14:7 ). David claims the promise of Numbers 24:18 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Anticipating an objection which might be alleged, he proceeds to state that he looked to God fo...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Who will bring me into the strong city? - If this part of the Psalm, from the s...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who will bring me, &c.— Dr. Delaney observes, that David, having promised himself, in a prophetic rapture, the dominion over Moab and Edom, con...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? -Anticipation of, and prayer for, success in the expedition against Edom....
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 J...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The strong city ] Petra, the almost impregnable capital of Edom. It is the Psalmist who now speaks, asking how Edom is to be conquered.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who will... — i.e., how can this ancient Divine oracle be fulfilled now in present circumstances? This is the poet’s question. He may be a king h...
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 again...
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How beautiful are all these things, if seen and read with reference to Christ! The prophet beheld in a vision the Lord Jesus coming up from Edom afte...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who will bring me [into] the strong city ?.... Which some understand of Rabbah of the Ammonites, which Joab besieged, and sent to David to come and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Ver. 9. Who will bring me into the strong city? ] Into Rabbah of the Ammonit...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who will bring me into the strong city , &c. As if he had said, These are difficult things indeed; and I may well ask, when I consider how poten...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rejoicing in Hope. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who will bring me? None can do it but God, as he declareth in the following verses. Into the strong city, i.e. the cities; the singular number fo...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Declares His Assurance That Although God Has Appeared For A While To Have Abandoned His People, He Will Now Arise And Enable Them To Gain The...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .— “To the Chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Upon Shushaneduth ,” is probably a musical direction to...
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 her...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

God hath spoken in His Holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. A war-song of Israel In this war-so...
The Biblical Illustrator

Moab is my washpot. Moab is my washpot “Moab is my wash-pot,” nothing more--a thing contemptible and despicable as compared with the eternal re...
The Biblical Illustrator

Who will bring me into the strong city? The Christian warfare We are all familiar with the idea that the life of the Christian and the progress...
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 composit...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Who will bring me into the strong city, the capital of the Idumeans, the renowned fortress Petra? Who will lead me into Edom?
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who — None can do it but God. City — The cities; the singular number for the plural. Having beaten his enemies out of the field, he desires God's a...

⁹ Who will bring me into the strongb city? who will lead me into Edom?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 60:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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