Passage Research
Psalm 60 — Sermon Preparation
After a military setback that feels like God's rejection, David rallies his faith: 'With God we will gain the victory; it is he who treads down our enemies.' Below is a research summary for Psalm 60, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 113 / 92
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 60 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲרַם צוֹבָה | ʼĂram Tsôwbâh | H760 | 2 | Aram of Tsoba |
| אֱדֹם | ʼĔdôm | H123 | 3 | Edom |
| שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת | Shûwshan ʻÊdûwth | H7802 | 2 | Shushan-Eduth, Shoshannim-Eduth |
| אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם | ʼĂram Nahărayim | H763 | 2 | Aram |
| זָנַח | zânach | H2186 | 2 | reject, forsake |
| צַר | tsar | H6862 | 2 | narrow, tight |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 2 | turn, return |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 60, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“After many psalms which David penned in a day of distress this comes which was calculated for a day of triumph; it was penned after he was settled in the throne, upon occasion of an illustrious victory which God blessed his forces with over the Syrians and Edomites; it was when David was in the zenith of his prosperity, and the affairs of his kingdom seem to have been in a better posture then ever they were either before or after. See 2 Sam. viii. 3, 13; 1 Chron. xviii. 3, 12. David, in prosperity, was as devout as David in adversity. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 60:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Aram-naharaim— Ps 60:1
- Edom— Ps 60:1
- Valley of Salt— Ps 60:1
- Zobah— Ps 60:1
- Shechem— Ps 60:6
- Valley of Succoth— Ps 60:6
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