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Psalms 60:5
Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God, pleading for immediate intervention during a period of national crisis. This request follows a reference to God raising a banner for the fearful and precedes God’s own declaration of triumph from His sanctuary.
The words — The Hebrew יְדִידֶיךָ (ye.di.Dei.kha) literally means "your beloved ones," identifying the community as God’s own. The verb יֵחָלְצוּ (ye.chal.Tzu) carries the concrete sense of being drawn out of danger or delivered from distress.
The thread — The imagery of divine rescue through God’s right hand runs through Exodus 15:6, where it shatters the enemy, and Psalms 17:7, where it saves those seeking refuge. The promise of God’s strengthening presence in Isaiah 41:10 echoes this same reliance on His active help.
Why it lands — The text requires a direct appeal to God’s power to act on behalf of His people. It demands that the reader acknowledge that deliverance depends entirely on divine intervention rather than human effort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Exodus 15:6 Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
- Psalms 17:7 Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
- Psalms 108:6 Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- Psalms 18:35 You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
- Psalms 60:12 With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Psalms 74:11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
- Matthew 17:5 While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- Deuteronomy 33:3 Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—