The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 60:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

O God, thou hast east us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased (comp. Psalms 44:9-11). The expressions used imply a signal defeat, which, though not mentioned in the historical books, harmonizes with the account given in 1 Kings of the severe treatment of Edom by Joab.

From the fact of the defeat the psalmist infers the ground of it—God's displeasure. O turn thyself to us again; rather, O restore to us (i.e. make restoration to us) again (see the Revised Version).

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