Psalms 60:1

After national defeat, David cries that God has rejected and broken his people, and pleads for restoration. It teaches Israel to seek God even when discipline has fallen.

Cross-references · 34

• 2 Sam 8:12–13Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
• 2 Sam 8:3David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
• Ps 44:9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
• 2 Sam 5:20And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
• 1 Chr 18:12–13Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
• 1 Chr 18:3And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
• 2 Kgs 14:7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
• Ps 85:4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
• Ps 90:13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
• 1 Sam 4:10–11And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
• 1 Sam 4:17And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
• 1 Sam 13:11And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
• 1 Sam 13:6–7When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
• 1 Sam 31:1–7Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
• 1 Chr 19:16–19And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
• 1 Chr 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• 2 Chr 25:11And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
• Lam 3:31–32For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
• Ps 74:1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
• Ps 59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
• Ps 79:5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
• Ps 89:3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
• Ps 59:1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
• Ps 80:3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
• Rom 11:1–2I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
• Ps 60:10Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
• Ps 89:19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
• Ps 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
• Ps 108:11Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
• 2 Sam 10:16And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
• 1 Sam 13:19–22Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
• Zech 10:6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
• Ps 89:38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
• Ps 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

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