# Psalm 60 📖: Victory Through God
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
## For the music director, according to the _shushan-eduth_ style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
[[#Verse 01.]] O God, you have rejected us.
You suddenly turned on us in your anger.
Please restore us!
[[#Verse 02.]] You made the earth quake; you split it open.
Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.
[[#Verse 03.]] You have made your people experience hard times;
you have made us drink intoxicating wine.
[[#Verse 04.]] You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag,
so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah)
[[#Verse 05.]] Deliver by your power and answer me,
so that the ones you love may be safe.
[[#Verse 06.]] God has spoken in his sanctuary:
“I will triumph. I will parcel out Shechem;
the Valley of Sukkoth I will measure off.
[[#Verse 07.]] Gilead belongs to me,
as does Manasseh.
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah my royal scepter.
[[#Verse 08.]] Moab is my washbasin.
I will make Edom serve me.
I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
[[#Verse 09.]] Who will lead me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me to Edom?
[[#Verse 10.]] Have you not rejected us, O God?
O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.
[[#Verse 11.]] Give us help against the enemy,
for any help men might offer is futile.
[[#Verse 12.]] By God’s power we will conquer;
he will trample down our enemies.
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
###### Overall.
###### Verse 01.
###### Verse 02.
###### Verse 03.
###### Verse 04.
###### Verse 05.
###### Verse 06.
###### Verse 07.
###### Verse 08.
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###### Verse 11.
###### Verse 12.
## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. The heading is one of the longest in the Psalms and connects the psalm to David's wars with Aram and Edom (2 Samuel 8:3-14).
2. The heading says Joab struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt, while 1 Chronicles 18:12 credits Abishai with 18,000, showing different accounts of the same campaign.
3. It is a *miktam* of David "for teaching."
4. The tune is called "Lily of the Testimony."
5. Psalm 60:5-12 is repeated almost exactly in Psalm 108:6-13.
6. Ephraim as God's helmet and Judah as His scepter (60:7) recall Jacob's blessing on Judah (Genesis 49:10).
7. Calling Moab a "washbasin" (60:8) pictures a servant's lowly task.
8. Throwing a sandal over Edom (60:8) was likely a sign of claiming ownership (compare Ruth 4:7).
9. Shechem and the Valley of Succoth (60:6) were places connected with Jacob's return to the land (Genesis 33:17-18).
10. Gilead and Manasseh (60:7) represent the tribes east and west of the Jordan.
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the One through whom we have victory (60:12). Human help is worthless (60:11), but God gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. David honestly admits that God has allowed defeat (60:1-3). Why is it important to be honest with God about our failures and losses?
2. God says all the land and peoples belong to Him (60:6-8). How does God's ownership of everything give you confidence?
3. David says human help is useless and only God brings victory (60:11-12). Where are you leaning on human strength instead of God?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 4: God has given a banner to those who fear Him.
- 📖 verse 11: Give us help against the enemy, for human help is worthless.
- 📖 verse 12: By God's power we will conquer.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[2 Samuel 08#Verse 13.|2 Samuel 8:13-14]] - David's victory over Edom.
- 🔗 [[1 Corinthians 15#Verse 57.|1 Corinthians 15:57]] - Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 108#Verse 06.|Psalm 108:6-13]] - The same prayer repeated.
- 🔗 [[Exodus 17#Verse 15.|Exodus 17:15]] - The Lord is my banner.
- 🔗 [[Romans 08#Verse 37.|Romans 8:37]] - More than conquerors through Him.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 60- SOAP|Honesty With God]]
## 📂 Internal Notes