Psalms 60 (ASV)

Chapter Text

60:1 O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

60:2 Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

60:3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah

60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

60:8 Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.

60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

60:10 Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

60:11 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly; For he it is that will tread down our adversaries. Psalm 61 For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. [A Psalm] of David.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "cast", "broken", and "down". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "hast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local ASV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "thou" and "hast" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "hast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.