King James Version
What Does Psalms 60:4 Mean?
“Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.”
Context
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.
5
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
6
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(4) **Thou hast given.**—Amid the uncertainty attaching to this verse, one thing is certain, that the Authorised Version rendering of its second clause must be abandoned. Instead of *koshet *(truth), we must read with the LXX. and Symmachus *kesheth *(a bow). It is more than doubtful if the preposition rendered *because of *can have that meaning. Nor can the rendering of the verb, *that it may be displayed, *be defended. Render, *Thou hast given Thy fearers a banner, that they may rally to it from before the bow, *and comp. Isaiah 13:2.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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