Psalms 60 · Verse 9

Psalms 60:9

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Psalms 60:9, King James Version

Psalms 60:9 in other translations

BSBWho will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
WEBWho will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
ASVWho will bring me into the strong city? Who hath led me unto Edom?
YLTWho doth bring me to a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom?
DARBYWho will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me unto Edom?
BBEWho will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?
WebsterWho will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

What does Psalms 60:9 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 9 Who will bring me into the strong city? - If this part of the Psalm, from the sixth to the twelfth verse, refer to the return of the captives from Babylon, as I think probable; then the strong city may mean either Petra, the capital of Idumea; Bozra, in Arabia, near the mountains of Gilead; Rabba, the capital of the Ammonites; or Tyre, according to the Chaldee, the capital of Phoenicia; or Jerusalem itself, which, although dismantled, had long been one of the strongest cities of the east. Or it may imply, Who shall give me the dominion over the countries already mentioned? who will lead me into Edom? who will give me the dominion over that people?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 60:9 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.

מִ֣יmiwho?H4310
יֹ֭בִלֵנִיYoi.le.niwill he bring meH2986
עִ֣יר'ira city ofH5892
מָצ֑וֹרma.TzorfortificationH4692
מִ֖יmiwho?H4310
נָחַ֣נִיna.Cha.nihas he led meH5148
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
אֱדֽוֹם\׃'e.DomEdomH123

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

Cross references for Psalms 60:9

  • 2 Samuel 12:26-31

    And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. …

  • 2 Samuel 11:1

    And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

  • Judges 1:12

    And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:6

    And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:17-19

    And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, that is at the gate! And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

  • Judges 1:24-25

    And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who.
Jud 1:12,24,25; 1Ch 11:6,17-19
strong city. Heb. city of strength.
2Sa 11:1; 12:26-31

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Context

  • Psalms 60:8

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

  • Psalms 60:9

    Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

  • Psalms 60:10

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

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Psalms 60:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Quién me llevará á la ciudad fortalecida? ¿quién me llevará hasta Idumea?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Galaad est à moi, et Manassé est à moi, et Éphraïm est la force de ma tête; Juda est mon législateur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wer wird mich führen in die feste Stadt, wer wird mich leiten bis nach Edom?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sic psalmum dicam nomini tuo in sæculum sæculi, ut reddam vota mea de die in diem.