“Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?”
The final lines of God's oracle indicate that despite the current apparent rejection, God will ultimately lead the people to victory and dominion. The shift from divine lament to divine assertion of ultimate victory transforms the psalm's entire direction: the current defeat is temporary and will be reversed by God's action. The assurance that God will go over Edom with strong shoes indicates military conquest and complete subjugation of enemies. This verse establishes that the current catastrophe is not the final word; God will effect restoration and vindication.
Church Fathers on Psalms 60:9
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,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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