Psalms 60:1
For the end, among the Hymns of David.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2O God, hearken to my petition; attend to my prayer.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17And the young man answered and said, The men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and there was a great slaughter among the people, and both thy sons are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 13:11And Samuel said, What hast thou done? and Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and thou wast not present as thou purposedst according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Machmas.
1 Samuel 31:1And the Philistines fought with Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and they fall down wounded in the mountain of Gelbue.
2 Samuel 8:3And David smote Adraazar the son of Raab king of Suba, as he went to extend his power to the river Euphrates.
2 Samuel 8:13And David made himself a name: and when he returned he smote Idumea in Gebelem to the number of eighteen thousand.
2 Samuel 10:16And Adraazar sent and gathered the Syrians from the other side of the river + 10:16 Heb. and Alex. omit the name.Chalamak, and they came to Ælam; and Sobac the captain of the host of Adraazar was + 10:16 Gr. before them.at their head.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 60:1
After many psalms which David penned in a day of distress this comes which was calculated for a day of triumph; it was penned after he was settled in the throne, upon occasion of an illustrious victory which God blessed his forces with over the Syrians and Edomites; it was when David was in the zenith of his prosperity, and the affairs of his kingdom seem to have been in a better posture then ever they were either before or after. See 2 Sam. viii. 3, 13; 1 Chron. xviii. 3, 12 . David, in prosperity, was as devout… Read the whole commentary →