Psalms 60:11

"Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God."

Key Reflection

The psalmist is addressing a time of national crisis, likely during David's reign when Israel faced military challenges from neighboring enemies. The question to God—"Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God"—implies that the people feel abandoned by their covenant Lord, questioning why He does not protect them in battle or support them as they fight against their adversaries. This cry reflects a deep sense of betrayal and disappointment, highlighting the tension between divine promises and perceived failures in times of military conflict.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Give us help from trouble -From the troubles which have now come upon us and overwhelmed us. For vain is the help of man -Margin, salvation. The idea is, that they would look in vain to man to assist them in their present difficulties. They must depend on God alone. What is here said of temporal troubles is true as absolutely in the matter of salvation. When we are burdened with the consciousness of guilt, and trembling under the apprehension of the wrath to come, it is not man that can aid us. Our help is in God alone. Man can neither guide, comfort, pardon, nor save; and in vain should we look to any man, or to all people, for aid.

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