“That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.”
The petition that God's beloved might be delivered by God's right hand articulates the prayer that God would intervene militarily and politically to restore the people to security and prosperity. The reference to God's salvation indicates that deliverance is understood as a divine act extending salvation to the covenant people. The invocation of God's hand indicates petition for direct divine action in history and warfare. This verse continues the petition for restoration while maintaining the recognition that only divine power can effect the necessary transformation.
Church Fathers on Psalms 60:5
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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