Psalm 60:3

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

Psalm 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.

Psalm 60:3 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.