Psalms 60 · Verse 7

Psalms 60:7

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms 60:7, King James Version

Psalms 60:7 in other translations

BSBGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
WEBGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.
ASVGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.
YLTMine is Gilead, and mine is Manasseh, And Ephraim is the strength of my head, Judah is my lawgiver,
DARBYGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;
BBEGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;
WebsterGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver;

What does Psalms 60:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 60:6-10

6-10. God hath spoken in--or, "by." his holiness--(Psa 89:35; Am 4:2), on the pledge of His attributes (Psa 22:3; 30:4). Taking courage from God's promise to give them possession (Ex 23:31; De 11:24) (and perhaps renewed to him by special revelation), with triumphant joy he describes the conquest as already made. Shechem, and ... Succoth--as widely separated points, and--

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Gilead is mine - This country was also beyond Jordan, and Manasseh and Ephraim are put for the tribes that formed the kingdom of Israel. All these, after the return from the captivity, formed but one people, the Jews and Israelites being united. The strength of mine head - It shall be the principal support of the new-found kingdom, when all distinctions shall be buried. Judah is my lawgiver - This tribe was chief of all those who returned from the captivity; and Zerubbabel, who was their leader, was chief of that tribe, and of the family of David. As this part of the Psalm appears to relate to the return of the captives from Babylon, and their repossession of their own land, the psalmist may refer, not only to the promises of their restoration, but also to the principal person under whose superintendence they returned.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 60:6-12

If Christ be ours, all things, one way or another, shall be for our eternal good. The man who is a new creature in Christ, may rejoice in all the precious promises God has spoken in his holiness. His present privileges, and the sanctifying influences of the Spirit, are sure earnests of heavenly glory. David rejoices in conquering the neighbouring nations, which had been enemies to Israel. The Israel of God are…

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Psalms 60:7 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.

לִ֤יli[belongs] to me
גִלְעָ֨ד\׀gil.'AdGileadH1568
וְלִ֬יve.Liand [belongs] to me
מְנַשֶּׁ֗הme.na.ShehManassehH4519
וְ֭אֶפְרַיִםVe.'ef.ra.yimand EphraimH669
מָע֣וֹזma.'oz[is] [the] protection ofH4581
רֹאשִׁ֑יro.Shihead myH7218
יְ֝הוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
מְחֹֽקְקִי\׃me.Cho.ke.ki[is] commander's staff myH2710

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

Cross references for Psalms 60:7

  • Genesis 49:10

    The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

  • Deuteronomy 33:17

    His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

  • Joshua 13:31

    And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:19

    And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

  • Joshua 17:1

    There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:37

    And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

  • Joshua 17:5-6

    And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.

  • 1 Samuel 28:2

    And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gilead.
Jos 17:1,5,6; 1Ch 12:19,37
strength.
De 33:17; 1Sa 28:2
Judah.
Ge 49:10

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Context

  • Psalms 60:6

    God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

  • Psalms 60:7

    Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

  • Psalms 60:8

    Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

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Psalms 60:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mío es Galaad, y mío es Manasés; y Ephraim es la fortaleza de mi cabeza; Judá, mi legislador;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Afin que tes bien-aimés soient délivrés. Sauve par ta droite, et réponds-moi!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mein ist Gilead, und mein Manasse, und Ephraim ist die Wehr meines Hauptes, Juda mein Herrscherstab.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dies super dies regis adjicies; annos ejus usque in diem generationis et generationis.