Psalms 60:3
You have made your people see difficult things; 1 you have made us drink the wine of staggering. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 made the land tremble; you have torn it apart; 1 heal its fissures, for it is shaking. 1
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:32Now therefore, our God—you great, mighty, and awesome God who keep your covenant and steadfast love—do not let all this hardship seem little to you that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our ancestors, and on all your people from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
Psalms 75:8For Yahweh holds in his hand a cup of foaming wine, 1 which is mixed with spices, and pours it out. 1 Surely all the wicked of the earth will drink it to the last drop. 1
Psalms 80:8You brought a vine out of Egypt; 1 you drove out nations and transplanted it. 1
Psalms 89:39You have renounced the covenant of your servant. 1 You have desecrated his crown on the ground. 1
Isaiah 51:22Your Lord Yahweh, your God, who pleads the cause of his people, says this, 1 “See, I have taken the cup of staggering from your hand— 1 the bowl, which is the cup of my anger—so that you will not drink it again. 1
Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, 1 you who live in the land of Uz. 1 But to you also the cup will be passed; 1 you will be drunk and strip yourself naked. 1
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 →