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Ps.60.1
60:title useful for teaching: This psalm was taught to young people as part of their education. • regarding the time: See 2 Sam 8:13-14. • Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah refer to the Arameans of northwest Mesopotamia and Syria (see study note on Gen 24:10). • The tune “Lily of the Testimony” is unknown today.
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Ps.60.1-12
Ps 60 The psalmist laments a national defeat and cries out to God for rescue.
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Ps.60.1-4
60:1-4 When God’s people experience his discipline, they affirm their loyalty and await God’s answer.
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Ps.60.3
60:3 wine (Hebrew yayin) that sent us reeling: Yayin, the generic Hebrew term meaning “wine,” is often associated with drunkenness (2 Sam 13:28; Isa 5:11; 28:7-8; cp. Ps 104:15; Deut 14:26; Isa 55:1); it symbolized God’s judgment of the wicked (Ps 75:8; Jer 51:7).
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