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Psalms 60:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? "
Psalms 60:9
Verse in Context
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Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
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Psalms 60:1
"[[To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.]] O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again."
Psalms 60:2
"Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh."
Psalms 60:3
"Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment."
Psalms 60:4
"Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah."
Psalms 60:5
"That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear"
Psalms 60:6
"God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth."
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