David speaks in terms of God's actions and God's ultimate control. The Lord responds with His intent to save Israel and crush the enemy.

The old enemy of God and His people is degraded to do menial service: in other words, it becomes a subject and a vassal. In close connexion with this metaphor ...

To wash hands and feet in: and so the Syriac version, "and Moab the washing of my feet"; a vessel for low and mean service.

I will reduce the Moabites to servitude; I will triumph over the Edomites, and make them my slaves; and the Philistines shall add to my triumph.

In Psalms 60:8, the imagery suggests both subjugation and purification, reinforcing the theme of divine justice where enemies become instruments in God's plan.

Psalms 60:8 is a verse that speaks to the enduring themes of trust, victory, and sovereignty. It is a powerful declaration of God's ability to bring about ...

9 янв. 2018 г. · "Moab is my washpot."—Psalm 60:8. Moab, which had threatened Israel, was to be so completely subdued, and become so utterly contemptible as to ...

Hope in God is the best principle of true courage, for what need those fear who have God on their side? All our victories are from him, and while those who ...

24 сент. 2021 г. · By the expression “over Edom I shall throw my sandal” (Ps 60:8; 108:9) Jehovah may have meant that Edom would be brought under subjection.

15 июн. 2016 г. · The words used here seem to be an expression of contempt. At that time the washpot was used to cleanse dirty feet. The passage implies that ...