“Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.”
The shift to a petition for the people who fear God to rally to a banner indicates a turning point in the psalm: from lament to call to action and renewed commitment. The reference to those who fear God suggests a differentiation: within the defeated people, there is a remnant who remain faithful and who can be called to renewed dedication. The banner imagery suggests the gathering of the righteous around a symbol of God's purposes and identity. This verse begins the movement from pure lament toward petition for renewal and restoration.
Church Fathers on Psalms 60:4
1. David the king was one man, but not one man he figured; sometimes to wit he figured the Church of many men consisting, extended even unto the ends of the earth: but sometimes One Man he figured, Him he figured that is Mediator of God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 In this Psalm therefore, or rather in this Psalm's title, certain victorious actions of David are spoken of:...“To the end, in behalf of those men that shall be changed unto the title's inscription,…
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