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you have given us wine that makes us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/60.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You have been very hard on us, making us drink wine that sent us reeling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/60.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/60.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/60.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/60.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/60.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have made Your people experience hardship; You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/60.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You have made Your people experience hardship; You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/60.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou hast made Thy people experience hardship; Thou hast given us wine to drink that makes us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/60.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You have caused Your people to see hardship; You have given us wine to drink that causes reeling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/60.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You have made Your people experience hardship; You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger <i>and</i> fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/60.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have made your people suffer hardship; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/60.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have made Your people suffer hardship; You have given us wine to drink that made us stagger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/60.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/60.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You brought hard times on your people, and you gave us wine that made us stagger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/60.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/60.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You have made your people experience hardships. You have given us wine that makes us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/60.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have made your people suffer greatly; we stagger around as though we were drunk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/60.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You made your people go through hard times; you had us drink wine that makes us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/60.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/60.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/60.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/60.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast shown thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/60.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/60.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You have shown Your people a hard thing, "" You have caused us to drink wine of trembling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/60.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/60.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou didst cause thy people to see a hard thing: thou didst give us to drink the wine of reeling.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/60.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink wine of sorrow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/60.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 59:5>You have revealed to your people difficulties. You have made us drink the wine of remorse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/60.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You made your people go through hardship, made us stagger from the wine you gave us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/60.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You have made your people suffer hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us reel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/60.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast shown thy people hardships; thou hast made us to drink the dregs of wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/60.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have shown your people hardships and you have made them drink foul wine.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/60.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/60.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou has made us drink the wine of astonishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/60-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=7093" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/60.htm">Victory Through God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: hir·’î·ṯāh (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">You have shown</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">Your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/7186.htm" title="7186: qā·šāh (Adj-fs) -- Hard, severe. From qashah; severe.">hardship;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8653.htm" title="8653: tar·‘ê·lāh (N-fs) -- A reeling. From ra'al; reeling.">we are staggered</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: ya·yin (N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">from the wine</a> <a href="/hebrew/8248.htm" title="8248: hiš·qî·ṯā·nū (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms:: 1cp) -- Cause to drink water, give to drink. A primitive root; to quaff, i.e. to irrigate or furnish a potion to.">You made us drink.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a></span><br />Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-16</a></span><br />This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Lamentations 3:15</a></span><br />He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Isaiah 63:6</a></span><br />I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Habakkuk 2:16</a></span><br />You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10</a></span><br />he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-22.htm">Matthew 20:22</a></span><br />“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-38.htm">Mark 10:38</a></span><br />“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42</a></span><br />“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/18-11.htm">John 18:11</a></span><br />“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ / then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem. / I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31-34</a></span><br />Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. / You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-20.htm">Job 21:20</a></span><br />Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a></span><br />For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have showed your people hard things: you have made us to drink the wine of astonishment.</p><p class="hdg">shewed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20</a></b></br> <i>Thou</i>, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Nehemiah 9:32</a></b></br> Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-12.htm">Daniel 9:12</a></b></br> And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">to drink</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a></b></br> For in the hand of the LORD <i>there is</i> a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring <i>them</i> out, <i>and</i> drink <i>them</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17,22</a></b></br> Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, <i>and</i> wrung <i>them</i> out… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/30-7.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Bewilderment</a> <a href="/psalms/31-8.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/job/6-26.htm">Desperate</a> <a href="/psalms/50-13.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/psalms/34-8.htm">Experience</a> <a href="/psalms/39-10.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/job/10-17.htm">Hardship</a> <a href="/psalms/48-8.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Reel</a> <a href="/psalms/55-5.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/psalms/31-21.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-15.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/psalms/48-3.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/job/12-25.htm">Stagger</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-2.htm">Staggering</a> <a href="/psalms/55-22.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/psalms/59-16.htm">Times</a> <a href="/psalms/55-5.htm">Trembling</a> <a href="/psalms/16-5.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/63-5.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Bewilderment</a> <a href="/psalms/66-12.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Desperate</a> <a href="/psalms/69-12.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-16.htm">Experience</a> <a href="/psalms/63-8.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-5.htm">Hardship</a> <a href="/psalms/65-7.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/psalms/107-27.htm">Reel</a> <a href="/psalms/64-8.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/psalms/71-18.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/psalms/71-20.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/psalms/71-18.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/psalms/107-27.htm">Stagger</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-11.htm">Staggering</a> <a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/psalms/62-8.htm">Times</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm">Trembling</a> <a href="/psalms/69-21.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 60</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/60-1.htm">David, complaining to God of former judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/60-4.htm">now upon better hope, prays for deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/60-6.htm">Comforting himself in God's promises, he craves that help whereon he trusts</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Throughout the Old Testament, God often allowed His people to experience hardship as a means of correction and to draw them back to Himself. This is seen in the cycles of sin, judgment, repentance, and deliverance in the Book of Judges. The hardships could be due to military defeat, famine, or other calamities. In the context of <a href="/psalms/60.htm">Psalm 60</a>, it is likely referring to military struggles during King David's reign, possibly against the Edomites or Arameans. This phrase underscores the belief that God is sovereign over the circumstances of His people, using even difficult situations to fulfill His purposes.<p><b>we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.</b><br>The imagery of staggering from wine suggests a state of confusion or disorientation, often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe the effects of God's judgment. In <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a>, Jerusalem is described as having drunk from the cup of God's wrath, leading to a similar state of staggering. The "wine" here symbolizes the overwhelming nature of the trials faced by the people, which God has allowed or caused. This metaphor can also be seen as a type of Christ, who in the New Testament, drinks the cup of God's wrath on behalf of humanity (<a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>), taking upon Himself the judgment deserved by sinners. The use of wine as a symbol of judgment contrasts with its use as a symbol of blessing and joy in other parts of Scripture, highlighting the dual nature of God's dealings with humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/60.htm">Psalm 60</a>, David is expressing a lament over Israel's struggles and seeking God's intervention.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The people of God who are experiencing hardship and divine discipline, as described in this verse.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The one who has allowed His people to experience hardship, symbolized by the staggering from wine.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a></b><br>The backdrop of the psalm, where David fought against Edom and sought God's help in battle.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/joab.htm">Joab</a></b><br>David's military commander, who played a significant role in the battles referenced in the context of this psalm.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_discipline.htm">Understanding Divine Discipline</a></b><br>Recognize that hardships can be a form of God's discipline, intended to bring His people back to righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_symbolism_of_wine.htm">The Symbolism of Wine</a></b><br>The imagery of staggering from wine represents confusion and disorientation, which can occur when we face God's judgment or correction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_help.htm">Seeking God's Help</a></b><br>In times of hardship, like David, we should turn to God in prayer and seek His guidance and deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_purpose_of_trials.htm">The Purpose of Trials</a></b><br>Trials and hardships can refine our faith and strengthen our reliance on God, as seen throughout Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_hardship.htm">God's Sovereignty in Hardship</a></b><br>Trust in God's sovereignty, knowing that He allows hardships for a purpose and will ultimately bring about His good plans.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_60.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 60</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_believers_face_hardship_today.htm">If Psalm 3 assures the faithful of protection, why do many believers still face hardship or unanswered pleas today?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_121_3_vs._life's_hardships.htm">Psalm 121:3 - How can we reconcile 'He will not let your foot be moved' with the reality of suffering and hardship in life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_1_3_align_with_believers'_hardships.htm">How does Psalm 1:3, which promises the righteous will prosper, align with the observable reality that many devout believers still suffer hardships?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_131_3_address_israel's_exiles.htm">In Psalm 131:3, how can we reconcile the call for Israel to trust forever with the nation's historical periods of exile and suffering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/60.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Hard things</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, a hard fate.<p><span class= "bld">Wine of astonishment.</span>--Literally, either <span class= "ital">wine of reeling</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>an intoxicating draught--or <span class= "ital">wine as reeling</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, bewilderment like wine, or wine, which is not wine, but bewilderment, according as we take the construction.<p>In any case the figure is the same which meets us often in Hebrew poetry (comp. <a href="/context/psalms/75-8.htm" title="For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.">Psalm 75:8-9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm" title="Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.">Isaiah 51:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm" title="Thus said your Lord the LORD, and your God that pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again:">Isaiah 51:22</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm" title="For thus said the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.">Jeremiah 25:15</a>, &c) expressing that infatuation which the heathen proverb so well describes:--<p>"Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/60.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast showed thy people hard things;</span> literally, <span class="accented">a hard thing</span>, or <span class="accented">harshness</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. severity. <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment;</span> or, <span class="accented">of trembling</span> (as in <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17, 22</a>); comp. <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-17</a>: 49:12; <a href="/ezekiel/23-32.htm">Ezekiel 23:32-34</a>; <a href="/zechariah/12-2.htm">Zechariah 12:2</a>. The outpouring of Divine vengeance is represented under the figure of presenting a cup, which the doomed man is forced to drink. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/60-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You have shown</span><br /><span class="heb">הִרְאִ֣יתָה</span> <span class="translit">(hir·’î·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמְּךָ֣</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hardship;</span><br /><span class="heb">קָשָׁ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(qā·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7186.htm">Strong's 7186: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hard, severe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we are staggered</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּרְעֵלָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(tar·‘ê·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8653.htm">Strong's 8653: </a> </span><span class="str2">A reeling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the wine</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֣יִן</span> <span class="translit">(ya·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wine, intoxication</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You made us drink.</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֝שְׁקִיתָ֗נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·qî·ṯā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8248.htm">Strong's 8248: </a> </span><span class="str2">To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/60-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 60:3 You have shown your people hard things (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/60-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 60:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 60:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/60-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 60:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 60:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>