Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
PSALM 60 David, who was now settled upon the throne, and had gained several signal victories, tending to confirm him in the kingdom, in this Psalm exalts the goodness of God, that he might at once express his gratitude, and by conciliating the favor of such as still stood out against his interests, unite the community, which had been rent into factions.
Commenting on Psalm 60:1-12
Having looked at home with satisfaction, the hero king now looks abroad with exultation. Moab, so injurious to me in former years, is my washpot. The basin into which the water falls when it is poured from an ewer upon my feet. A mere pot to hold the dirty water after my feet have been washed in it.
God has spoken His promise in holiness, and that word is the full fountain of joy to all who believe it. Take comfort now in what He has sworn to give, as surely as if you already possessed it. When God speaks, pardon is yours, peace is yours, grace is yours, Christ is yours, heaven itself is yours.
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Commenting on Psalm 60:6-12