Psalms 60:4
Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.
5That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us.
Cross References
Exodus 17:15and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi,
Psalms 20:5We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests.
Song of Solomon 2:4He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] love,
Isaiah 11:12And He hath lifted up an ensign to nations, And gathereth the driven away of Israel, And the scattered of Judah He assembleth, From the four wings of the earth.
Isaiah 49:22Thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried.
Isaiah 59:19And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun — His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
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 →