Psalms 60:3
Thou hast suffered thy people to see hardship, Thou hast let them drink the wine of confusion.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
In Context
2Thou hast shaken the land—hast rent it, Heal thou the fractures thereof—for it hath tottered:
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:32Now, therefore, O our God—the GOD great, mighty, and fearful—keeping the covenant and the lovingkindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, which hath come upon us—on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people,—from the days of the kings of Assyria, until this day.
Psalms 75:8For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another,—Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.
Psalms 80:8A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
Psalms 89:39Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown;
Isaiah 51:22Thus, saith Thy Lord, Yahweh, Even thy God who pleadeth the cause of his people:—Lo! I have taken, out of thy hand, the cup of confusion,—As for the goblet-cup of mine indignation, Thou shalt not again drink it, any more;
Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thou inhabitress in the and of Uz,—Even unto thee, shall the cup pass along, thou shalt be drunken, and expose thy shame.
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 →