tretch out my shoe:
to me the foreigners are made subject.
The pot of my hope... Or my watering pot. That is, a vessel for meaner
uses, by being reduced to serve me, even in the meanest employments.
Ibid. Foreigners... So the Philistines are called, who had no kindred
with the Israelites; whereas the Edomites, Moabites, etc., were
originally of the same family.
59:11. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into
Edom?
59:12. Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O
God, go out with our armies?
59:13. Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man.
59:14. Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing
them that afflict us.
Psalms Chapter 60
Exaudi, Deus.
A prayer for the coming of the kingdom of Christ, which shall have no
end.
60:1. Unto the end, in hymns, for David.
60:2. Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer.
60:3. To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was
in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;
60:4. For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face
of the enemy.
60:5. In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected
under the covert of thy wings.
60:6. For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an
inheritance to them that fear thy name.
60:7. Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to
generation and generation.
60:8. He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who
shall search?
60:9. So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may
pay my vows from day to day.
Psalms Chapter 61
Nonne Deo.
The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God, and
serve him.
61:1. Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David.
61:2. Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.
61:3. For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be
moved no more.
61:4. How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were
thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence.
61:5. But they have thought to cast away my price; I ran in thirst: they
blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart.
61:6. But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: for from him is my
patience.
61:7. For he is my God and my saviour: he is my helper, I shall not be
moved.
61:8. In God is my salvation and my glory: he is
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