Psalm 60:1
60:1 To the chief Musician upon {a} Shushaneduth, Michtam of
     David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with
     {b} Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the
     valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us
     off, thou hast {c} scattered us, thou hast been displeased;
     O turn thyself to us again.

     (a) These were certain songs after the note of which this
         psalm was sung.
     (b) Also called Sophene, which stands by Euphrates.
     (c) For when Saul was not able to resist the enemy, the
         people fled here and there: for they were not safe in
         their own homes.

Psalm 60:2
60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast {d} broken
     it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

     (d) As split with an earthquake.

Psalm 60:3
60:3 Thou hast {e} shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made
     us to drink the wine of astonishment.

     (e) You have handled your people sharply, in asking from
         them sense and judgment in that they aided Saul the
         wicked King, and punished him to whom God had given the
         just title of the realm.

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

     (f) In making me king, you have performed your promise,
         which seemed to have lost the force.

Psalm 60:6
60:6 God hath spoken in his {g} holiness; I will rejoice, I will
     divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

     (g) It is as certain as if it were spoken by an oracle,
         that I will possess those places which Saul has left to
         his children.

Psalm 60:7
60:7 Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is]
     the {h} strength of mine head; {i} Judah [is] my lawgiver;

     (h) For it was strong and well peopled.
     (i) David means that in this tribe his kingdom will be
         established, Genesis 49:10.

Psalm 60:8
60:8 Moab [is] my {k} washpot; over Edom will I cast out my
     shoe: {l} Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

     (k) In most vile subjection.
     (l) For you will lie and pretend you were glad.

Psalm 60:9
60:9 Who will bring me [into] the {m} strong city? who will lead
     me into Edom?

     (m) He was assured that God would give him the strong cities
         of his enemies, in which they thought themselves sure.