Psalms 60:2

2 You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

Psalms 60:2 in Other Translations

2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

2 You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.

2 You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.

2 You shook earth to the foundations, ripped open huge crevasses. Heal the breaks! Everything's coming apart at the seams.

2 You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 60:2 In-Context

1 You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now restore us!

2 You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

3 You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow.

5 Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 18:7
• 2. S 2 Chronicles 7:14