Psalms 60:3

3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of shaking.

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 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 its breaches, for it shakes.

3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of shaking.

4 Thou hast given a banner to those that fear thee that they raise up for the truth. Selah.

5 That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right hand and hear me.