Psalm 60
Psalm 60 Meaning
Psalm 60 is a national prayer after a painful defeat. The people feel that God has rejected them and made the land tremble, and they beg Him to restore and help them.
It ends recovering hope: vain is the help of man, but with God we shall do valiantly, for He will tread down our foes.
Key verses from Psalm 60
“O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.”
Psalm 60:1
“Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.”
Psalm 60:11
“Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.”
Psalm 60:12
How Psalm 60 points to Jesus
Human help fails, but in Jesus God gives the victory we could not win. With Him we do valiantly, for He has already tread down the last enemy.