Psalm 60:2

2 Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 60:2 In-Context

1 O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.

2 Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.

3 Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou has made us drink the wine of astonishment.

4 Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the bow. Pause.

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

6 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.

7 Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;

8 Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.

9 Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far a Idumea?

10 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces?

11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.

12 In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us.