Psalms 60:3

3 You have made your people suffer greatly; we stagger around as though we were drunk.

Psalms 60:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 60:3

Thou hast showed thy people hard things
As to have their city and temple burial, multitudes of them slain, and the rest carried captive, and put into the hands of cruel lords and hard masters, and made a proverb, a taunt, and a curse, in all places; and all this done to a people that were the Lord's by profession, who called themselves so, though now a "loammi", ( Hosea 1:9 ) ; and these were hard things to flesh and blood, yet no other than what they deserved;

thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment;
or "of trembling" {n}, ( Isaiah 51:17 ) ; that is, to endure such troubles as made them tremble, and astonished and stupefied them; took away their senses, and made them unfit for anything, being smitten with madness, blindness, and astonishment of heart, as is threatened them, ( Deuteronomy 28:28 ) ; see ( Romans 11:7 Romans 11:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (hlert) "tremoris", Musculus, Vatablus, Amama; "trepidationis", Michaelis; "horroris", Gejerus.

Psalms 60:3 In-Context

1 You have rejected us, God, and defeated us; you have been angry with us - but now turn back to us.

2 You have made the land tremble, and you have cut it open; now heal its wounds, because it is falling apart.

3 You have made your people suffer greatly; we stagger around as though we were drunk.

4 You have warned those who have reverence for you, so that they might escape destruction.

5 Save us by your might; answer our prayer, so that the people you love may be rescued.