King James Version
What Does Psalms 60:2 Mean?
“Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.”
Context
1
To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. Michtam: or, A golden Psalm scattered: Heb. broken
2
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
3
Thou hast shewed 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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(2) **Earth.**—Rather, *land; *since, though the image is drawn from an earthquake, in which the solid ground trembles and buildings totter and fall (comp. Isaiah 30:13), the convulsion described is *political, *not *physical.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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