Psalms 60:3

3 (59-5) Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink the wine of sorrow.

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 (59-1) <Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, (59-2) When he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal: and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men.> (59-3) O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.

2 (59-4) Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.

3 (59-5) Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink the wine of sorrow.

4 (59-6) Thou hast given a warning to them that fear thee: that they may flee from before the bow: That thy beloved may be delivered.

5 (59-7) Save me with thy right hand, and hear me.