The Meaning of Psalms 60:5 Explained

Psalms 60:5

KJV: That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

YLT: That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.

Darby: That thy beloved ones may be delivered. Save with thy right hand, and answer me.

ASV: That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

That thy beloved  may be delivered;  save  [with] thy right hand,  and hear  me. 

What does Psalms 60:5 Mean?

Verse Meaning

David now requested divine deliverance for the chosen people. God"s right hand represents His might. Psalm 60:5-12 are identical to Psalm 108:6-13.

Context Summary

Psalm 60:1-12 - Prayer For Help Against Foes
This was a national psalm to be taught the people. See title; also Deuteronomy 31:19. A strong coalition had been formed against David at that time. See 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 10:8; 2 Samuel 10:17; 2 Samuel 10:19; 1 Chronicles 18:12-15. Israel was threatened with disaster. It was as if an earthquake had rent the soil. But the king-psalmist argued that God had given His people a mission in the world, which could not be forfeited. First, Israel carried a banner for the truth, Psalms 60:4. In addition, God had "spoken in His holiness" and had promised that the seed of Abraham should possess Canaan. Standing on a hill-summit, the psalmist sees the Land of Promise outspread before him. Shechem and Succoth, Psalms 60:6, one west, the other east, of the Jordan, indicate the breadth of the land. All had been given over to Israel by covenant, and therefore the surrounding peoples must become subject.
As yet the strong city of Petra, rock-girded, Psalms 60:9, had laughed David to scorn; but he had confidence that God would lead him within its mighty walls, to tread down his adversaries, Numbers 24:18. Man could not, but God could. The question is never, Can God? but always, Can we trust and follow Him? [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 60

1  David, complaining to God of former judgment
4  now upon better hope, prays for deliverance
6  Comforting himself in God's promises, he craves that help whereon he trusts

What do the individual words in Psalms 60:5 mean?

That may be delivered Your beloved Save [with] Your right hand - and hear me
לְ֭מַעַן יֵחָלְצ֣וּן יְדִידֶ֑יךָ הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה יְמִֽינְךָ֣ ועננו [וַעֲנֵֽנִי]

לְ֭מַעַן  That 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: לְמַעַן 
Sense: purpose, intent prep.
יֵחָלְצ֣וּן  may  be  delivered 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: חָלַץ 
Sense: to remove, draw out, draw off, take off, withdraw, equip (for war), arm for war, rescue, be rescued.
יְדִידֶ֑יךָ  Your  beloved 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יָדִיד  
Sense: one beloved, beloved adj.
הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה  Save 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָשַׁע 
Sense: to save, be saved, be delivered.
יְמִֽינְךָ֣  [with]  Your  right  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יָמִין  
Sense: right, right hand, right side.
ועננו  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, first person common plural
[וַעֲנֵֽנִי]  and  hear  me 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: עֲנָה  
Sense: to answer, respond.