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Psalms 60:12
With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist (David, per the superscription) addresses God in a corporate plea for deliverance, immediately after declaring in v.11 that human help is worthless.
The words — חָיִל (chayil) literally means "strength, might" and carries the sense of military force; יָב֥וּס (yavus) is the concrete verb "he will tread down," the image of an enemy crushed underfoot.
The thread — Psalms 44:5 repeats the trampling image ("through Your name we trample our enemies"), and Isaiah 63:3 shows God performing the same act alone in the winepress.
Why it lands — The verse separates human effort ("we will perform") from divine execution ("He will trample"), asking the reader to stop treating their own courage as the engine of victory.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Cross-references
- Psalms 44:5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
- Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Isaiah 63:3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- 1 Chronicles 19:13 Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
- Malachi 4:3 Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Numbers 24:18 Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
- 2 Samuel 10:12 Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- Psalms 118:16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
- Psalms 144:1 Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.