Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
David, newly settled on the throne with signal victories behind him, pours out this psalm to express his gratitude to God and to unite the fractious community by showing them that God had chosen him as king. His prayers throughout call upon God to perfect what He had begun.
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Commenting on Psalm 60:1-12
Petra stands almost untouched, high and seemingly beyond reach, yet no fortress is too elevated when the Lord Himself leads the way up. I have seen great victories kindle self-reliance instead of deeper trust; beware that success become not your confidence. The strongest army cannot force such passages alone; only God's guidance takes us there.
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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