Shīpiān 60:2

2 Nǐ shǐ dìzhèn dòng , érqiĕ bēngliè . qiú nǐ jiāng liĕ kǒu yī hǎo . yīnwei dì yáodòng .

Shīpiān 60:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 60:2

Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it
As is frequently done by an earthquake; which, whatever natural causes there may be of it, is always to be ascribed to God. The ancient Heathens ^F13 were of opinion that all earthquakes were of God. This respects not the whole earth, but the land of Israel only; and so the Targum,

``thou hast moved the land of Israel, thou hast shaken and rent it;''

and it does not design a natural earthquake in it, but a figurative one; a shaking and rending of their civil and church state; see ( Hebrews 12:26 Hebrews 12:27 ) ;

heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh;
which will be done in the latter day, when they shall return into their own land, and be restored as at the beginning, ( Isaiah 30:30 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 2. c. 28.

Shīpiān 60:2 In-Context

1 ( Dàwèi yǔ liǎng hé jiān de Yàlán bìng suǒ bā de Yàlán zhēng zhàn de shíhou , Yuēyē zhuǎn huí , zaì yán yù gōngjī Yǐdōng , shā le yī wàn èr qiā rén . nàshí Dàwèi zuò zhè jīn shī , jiào rén xuéxí , jiāo yǔ líng zhǎng , diàoyòng wèi zhèng de bǎihéhuā ) shén a , nǐ diūqì le wǒmen , shǐ wǒmen pò huaì ; nǐ xiàng wǒmen fānù , qiú nǐ shǐ wǒmen fùxīng .

2 Nǐ shǐ dìzhèn dòng , érqiĕ bēngliè . qiú nǐ jiāng liĕ kǒu yī hǎo . yīnwei dì yáodòng .

3 Nǐ jiào nǐde mín yùjiàn jiān nán . nǐ jiào wǒmen hē nà shǐ rén dōng dǎo xī wāi de jiǔ .

4 Nǐ bǎ jīng qí cìgĕi jìngwèi nǐde rén , kĕYǐwèi zhēnlǐ yáng qǐlai . ( xì lā )

5 Qiú nǐ yīngyún wǒmen , yòng yòushǒu zhĕngjiù wǒmen , hǎo jiào nǐ suǒ qīnaì de rén déjiù .