Psalms 60:3
You have made your people drink hardship, and given us wine of reeling.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
In Context
2You have shaken the land and cleft it; heal its tottering breaches.
4You have given those who revere you a banner, a rallying-place from the bow, Selah
Cross References
Psalms 75:8In the hand of the Lord is a cup foaming wine, richly spiced. Out of this he pours a draught, and all the wicked of earth must drain it down to the dregs.
Psalms 80:8A vine out of Egypt you brought; you did drive out the nations, and plant her;
Psalms 89:39You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 60:2-6
David's Complaints and Petitions. 1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. 2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and… Read the whole commentary →