Message Notes

SSS 4 11 December 2022
Book 2
Psalms 42-72

Text: Psalm 60

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1 O God, You have cast us off;
You have broken us down;
You have been displeased;
Oh, restore us again!

2 You have made the earth tremble;
You have broken it;
Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.

3 You have shown Your people hard things;
You have made us drink the wine of confusion.

4 You have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah

5 That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

6 God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will divide Shechem
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet for My head;
Judah is My lawgiver.

8 Moab is My washpot;
Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”

9 Who will bring me to the strong city?
Who will lead me to Edom?

10 Is it not You, O God, who cast us off?
And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?
11 Give us help from trouble,
For the help of man is useless.

12 Through God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.

Psalm 60:1-12

SIMILAR PSALMS

Psalm 60/ Psalm 108
Psalm 14/ Psalm 53

1. Important background texts

a) 2 Samuel 8

b) 1 Chronicles 18-20

2. These chapters record in brief:

a) The wars that David was engaged in

b) The enemies that had to be fought and conquered

i) Philistines

ii) Ammonites

iii) Edomites

iv) Syrians (Arameans)

3. The Psalms offer significant insights

a) Of historical events

b) Personal insights of David

c) Prayers

PRAYER FOR RESTORATION

1 O God, You have cast us off;
You have broken us down;
You have been displeased;
Oh, restore us again!

2 You have made the earth tremble;
You have broken it;
Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.

3 You have shown Your people hard things;
You have made us drink the wine of confusion.

Psalm 60:1-3

1. The features of a broken nation were painfully noted

a) Cast off

b) Broken down

c) Displeasure of God

d) Breaches needs to be healed

e) Hard things

f) Wine of confusion

2. Needed prayer

a) For restoration

b) For healing (repair) of the breaches

THE BANNER OF THE LORD

4 You have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah

5 That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

Psalm 60:4-5

1. Banner

a) It is a war flag

b) For rallying people

2. Features of this Banner

a) Truth

b) Hope of deliverance

3. Prayer

a) Deliverance

b) Salvation

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD

6 God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will divide Shechem
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet for My head;
Judah is My lawgiver.

8 Moab is My washpot;
Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”

Psalm 60:6-8

1. God has spoken

2. He has spoken in holiness

3. The sovereign authority of God

a) He rejoices in what He has decided on

b) God is sovereign over all nations

4. Significant regions named:

a) Shechem

i) Associated with Abraham Genesis 12:6-7

ii) Rape of Dinah by a man called Shechem Genesis 34

iii) Capital of the Northern kingdom 1 Kings 12:1

b) Valley of Succoth

i) Associated with Jacob on his return to Canaan Genesis 33:17

ii) Wrested from King Sihon and given to Gad later Joshua 13:27

c) The tribes of Israel

i) Gilead is Mine (East of the River Jordan)

ii) Manasseh is Mine

iii) Ephraim is the helmet of My head

iv) Judah is My lawgiver

d) Nations outside Israel

i) Moab

It is only God’s washpot;

ii) Edom

“Over Edom I will cast My shoe”

iii) Philistia

Philistia will be conquered
Israel may shout in triumph because of God

TRUST IN GOD

9 Who will bring me to the strong city?
Who will lead me to Edom?

10 Is it not You, O God, who cast us off?
And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?

11 Give us help from trouble,
For the help of man is useless.

12 Through God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.

Psalm 50:9-12

1. Battling Edom

a) A strong city

b) Can Edom be conquered at all?

2. Help is to be found in the LORD

a) God’s help is needed

b) God must go with the army of Israel

c) Reliance on help from man would end in futility

d) With God’s help

i) Israel will do valiantly

ii) It is God Himself who treads down enemies

29 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them.

30 The LORD your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Deuteronomy 1:29-30