Psalms 60 (DRB)

Chapter Text

60:1 Unto the end, in hymns, for David.

60:2 Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer.

60:3 To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;

60:4 For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.

60:5 In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

60:6 For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.

60:7 Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.

60:8 He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?

60:9 So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may pay my vows from day to day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mercy", "hymns", "david", "hear", "supplication", "attentive", "prayer", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mercy" and "hymns", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "mercy" and "hymns" 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 "mercy" and "hymns" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.