“God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.”
The oracle spoken by God declaring divine possession of the land establishes that God has definitively claimed Shechem and apportioned the Valley of Succoth, indicating divine ownership and governance of the land. The specific place-names suggest that this is not abstract theological affirmation but rooted in Israel's historical and geographical consciousness. The declaration of God's sovereignty over specific territories indicates that the defeat has not altered the fundamental reality: the land belongs to God and will ultimately be restored. This verse introduces a word from God that transforms the entire tenor of the psalm.
Church Fathers on Psalms 60:6
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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