The Meaning of Psalms 60:10 Explained

Psalms 60:10

KJV: Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

YLT: Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!

Darby: Wilt not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?

ASV: Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Wilt] not thou, O God,  [which] hadst cast us off?  and [thou], O God,  [which] didst not go out  with our armies? 

What does Psalms 60:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 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: Psalms 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 60:10 mean?

[Is not [it] You God [who] cast off us and not You [who] did go out God with our armies
הֲלֹֽא־ אַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים ؟ זְנַחְתָּ֑נוּ וְֽלֹא־ תֵצֵ֥א אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים ؟ בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽינוּ

הֲלֹֽא־  [Is  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
אַתָּ֣ה  [it]  You 
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
אֱלֹהִ֣ים  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
؟ זְנַחְתָּ֑נוּ  [who]  cast  off  us 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular, first person common plural
Root: זָנַח 
Sense: to cast off, reject, spurn.
וְֽלֹא־  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תֵצֵ֥א  You  [who]  did  go  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
؟ בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽינוּ  with  our  armies 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural construct, first person common plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.