Psalm 60:6-8

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

6 God has spoken u in his holiness: 1
"With exultation v I will divide up w Shechem
and portion out the Vale of x Succoth.
7 y Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
z Ephraim is a my helmet;
Judah is my b scepter.
8 c Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I d cast my shoe;
over e Philistia I shout in triumph." 2

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 89:35
    Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
    Amos 4:2
    The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 1:6
    Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 12:6
    Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
    Genesis 33:18
    And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.
    Joshua 17:7
    The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 33:17
    But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
    Joshua 13:27
    And in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 13:31
    And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. These were allotted to the people of Machir the son of Manasseh for the half of the people of Machir according to their clans.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:17
    A firstborn bull - he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 140:7
    O Lord, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 49:10
    The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
  9. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:2
    And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 3:11
    I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
  11. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:1
    After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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