Psalms 60 · Verse 3

Psalms 60:3

Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Psalms 60:3, King James Version

Psalms 60:3 in other translations

BSBYou have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
WEBYou have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
ASVThou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
YLTThou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.
DARBYThou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.
BBEYou have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.
WebsterThou hast shown thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

What does Psalms 60:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 60:1-3

Psa 60:1-12. Shushan-eduth--Lily of testimony. The lily is an emblem of beauty (see on Psa 45:1, title). As a description of the Psalm, those terms combined may denote a beautiful poem, witnessing--that is, for God's faithfulness as evinced in the victories referred to in the history cited. Aram-naharaim--Syria of the two rivers, or Mesopotamia beyond the river (Euphrates) (2Sa 10:16). Aram-zobah--Syria of Zobah…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment - We reel as drunken men; we are giddy, like those who have drank too much wine; but our giddiness has been occasioned by the astonishment and dismay that have taken place in consequence of the prevalence of our enemies, and the unsettled state of the land. It has been remarked that the three first verses of this Psalm do not agree with the rest, and it also appears that the three first verses of Psa 85:1-13 : do not agree with the rest of that Psalm. But let them change places, and the three first verses of this be set instead of the three first verses of Psa lxxxv., and let those be placed here instead of these and then the whole of each Psalm will be consistent. This was first suggested by Bishop Hare, and the supposition seems to be well founded. Some imagine that the whole of the Psalm refers to the distracted state of the land after the death of Saul till the time that David was anointed king over all Israel, at Hebron; others, to the disastrous war with the Syrians. See before.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 60:1-5

David owns God's displeasure to be the cause of all the hardships he had undergone. And when God is turning his hand in our favour, it is good to remember our former troubles. In God's displeasure their troubles began, therefore in his favour their prosperity must begin. Those breaches and divisions which the folly and corruption of man make, nothing but the wisdom and grace of God can repair, by pouring out a…

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Psalms 60:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִרְאִ֣יתָהhir.'I.tahyou have made seeH7200
עַמְּךָ֣'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971
קָשָׁ֑הka.Shaha hard [thing]H7186
הִ֝שְׁקִיתָ֗נוּhish.ki.Ta.nuyou have made drink usH8248
יַ֣יִןYa.yinwine ofH3196
תַּרְעֵלָֽה\׃tar.'e.LahstaggeringH8653

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 60:3

  • Psalms 71:20

    Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

  • Isaiah 51:17

    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, and wrung them out.

  • Isaiah 51:22

    Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

  • Jeremiah 25:15

    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.

  • Ezekiel 23:31-32

    Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

  • Psalms 75:8

    For in the hand of the Lord there is 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 them out, and drink them.

  • Habakkuk 2:16

    Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

  • Nehemiah 9:32

    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.

  • Lamentations 4:21

    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

  • Revelation 18:16

    And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

  • Revelation 16:19

    And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

  • Daniel 9:12

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shewed.
71:20; Ne 9:32; Da 9:12
to drink.
75:8; Isa 51:17,22; Jer 25:15; La 4:21; Eze 23:31,32; Hab 2:16
Re 16:19; 18:16

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Context

  • Psalms 60:2

    Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

  • Psalms 60:3

    Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

  • Psalms 60:4

    Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

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Psalms 60:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Has hecho ver á tu pueblo duras cosas: hicístenos beber el vino de agitación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ô Dieu! tu nous as rejetés, tu nous as dispersés, tu t’es irrité; ramène-nous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du hast dein Volk Hartes sehen lassen, mit Taumelwein hast du uns getränkt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
A finibus terræ ad te clamavi, dum anxiaretur cor meum; in petra exaltasti me. Deduxisti me,