Psalms 60:2

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

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, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.

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

3 You have been very hard on us, making us drink wine that sent us reeling.

4 But you have raised a banner for those who fear you— a rallying point in the face of attack. Interlude

5 Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.