Psalms 60:12

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
God	בֵּֽאלֹהִ֥ים be.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
do	נַעֲשֶׂה na.'a.seh-	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
valiantly	חָ֑יִל Cha.yil	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular absolute
down	יָב֥וּס ya.Vus	H947	to trample (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
enemies	צָרֵֽינוּ tza.Rei.nu	H6862	narrow · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whith…
Isaiah 63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fu…
1 Chronicles 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is g…
Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treade…
Malachi 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of…
Numbers 24:18-19 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
2 Samuel 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 60:6–end

David is here rejoicing in hope and praying in hope; such are the triumphs of the saints, not so much upon the account of what they have in possession as of what they have in prospect (Psa 60:6): "God has spoken in his holiness (that is, he has given me his word of promise, has sworn by his holiness, and he will not lie unto David, Psa 89:35), therefore I will rejoice, and please myself with the hopes of the performance of the promise, which was intended for more than a pleasing promise," Note, God's word of promise, being a firm foundation of hope, is a full fountain of joy to all believers. I. David here rejoices; and it is in prospect of two things: - 1. The perfecting of this revolution…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 60:11

Hence he closes with a prayer for success, and an assurance of a hearing. Next: Psalms Chapter 61

John Gill on Psalms 60:12

Through God we shall do valiantly,.... Or, "through the Word of the Lord", as the Targum; Christ, whose name is the Word of God, appearing at the head of his armies, in a vesture dipped in blood, and with a sharp sword proceeding out of his mouth, will inspire his people to fight valiantly under him; and who, in his name and strength, will get the victory over all their enemies, the beast, false prophets, and kings of the earth, and all under them; see Revelation 19:11; for he it is that shall tread down our enemies; as mire in the street, or as grapes in a winepress; even kings, captains, mighty men, and all the antichristian nations and states; the beast, false prophet, and Satan himself,…

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John Calvin on Psalms 60:9–end

Psalm 60:9-12 9. Who will bring me into the fortified city? who will lead me into Edom? 10. Wilt not thou, O God! who hadst cast us off, and thou, O God! who didst not go out with our armies? 11. Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. [398] 12. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 9 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Anticipating an objection which might be alleged, he proceeds to state that he looked to God for the accomplishment of what remained to be done in the capture of the fortified places of his enemies, and the consolidation of his victories. It might be said, that as a considerable number continued to resist h…

The Church Fathers

"In God we will do valour, and Himself to nothing shall bring down our enemies." We will not do valour with the sword, not with horses, not with breastplates, not with shields, not in the mightiness of an army, not abroad. But where? Within, where we are not seen. Where within? "In God we will do virtue:" and as if abjects, and as if trodden down, men as if of no consideration we shall be, but "Himself to nothing shall bring down our enemies." In a word, this thing has been done to our enemies. Trodden down have been the Martyrs: by suffering, by enduring, by persevering even unto the end, in God they have done valour. Himself also has done that which follows: to nothing He has brought down the enemies of them. Where are now the enemies of the Martyrs, except perchance that now drunken men with their cups do persecute those whom at that time frenzied men did use with stones to persecute?
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 60

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Dictionary and topics

Aram-naharaim — Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Gen. 24:10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east and the Euphrates on the west (Ps. 60, title); called also the “field of…
Aram-zobah — (Ps. 60, title), probably the region between the Euphrates and the Orontes.
Salt, Valley of — A place where it is said David smote the Syrians (2 Sam. 8:13). This valley (the’ Arabah) is between Judah and Edom on the south of the Dead Sea. Hence some interpreters would insert the words, “and…
Shushan-Eduth — Lily of the testimony, the title of Ps. 60. (See SHOSHANNIM.)
Zobah — =Aram-Zobah, (Ps. 60, title), a Syrian province or kingdom to the south of Coele-Syria, and extending from the eastern slopes of Lebanon north and east toward the Euphrates. Saul and David had war…
Enemies · Of saints, God will destroy — Of saints, God will destroy

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 60:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 60:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 60:11

John Gill on Psalms 60:12

John Calvin on Psalms 60:9–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 60:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 60:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 60:11

John Gill on Psalms 60:12

John Calvin on Psalms 60:9–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 60:9–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 60:9

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 60:12