2 Samuel 7:13

7:13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. ¹ 

2 Samuel 8:13-14

8:13 David became famous ²  when he returned from defeating the Arameans ³  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated ⁴  18,000 in all. 8:14 He placed garrisons throughout Edom, ⁵  and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned.

Psalms 60:1

Psalm 60 ⁶ 

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; ⁷  a prayer ⁸  of David written to instruct others. ⁹  It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down ¹⁰  12,000 Edomites ¹¹  in the Valley of Salt. ¹² 

60:1 O God, you have rejected us. ¹³ 

You suddenly turned on us in your anger. ¹⁴ 

Please restore us! ¹⁵ 

Psalms 60:8-9

60:8 Moab is my washbasin. ¹⁶ 

I will make Edom serve me. ¹⁷ 

I will shout in triumph over Philistia.” ¹⁸ 

60:9 Who will lead me into the fortified city?

Who will bring me to Edom? ¹⁹ 

[7:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom permanently.”

[8:13]  ² tn Heb “made a name.”

[8:13]  ³ tn So NASB, NCV; NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “Edomites” (see the note on “Aram” in v. 12).

[8:13]  ⁴ tn The words “he defeated” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:14]  ⁵ tc The MT is repetitious here: “He placed in Edom garrisons; in all Edom he placed garrisons.” The Vulgate lacks “in all Edom”; most of the Greek tradition (with the exception of the Lucianic recension and the recension of Origen) and the Syriac Peshitta lack “he placed garrisons.” The MT reading appears here to be the result of a conflation of variant readings.

[60:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 60. The psalmist grieves over Israel’s humiliation, but in response to God’s assuring word, he asks for divine help in battle and expresses his confidence in victory.

[60:1]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew expression means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title.

[60:1]  ⁸ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-59, is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[60:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “to teach.”

[60:1]  ¹⁰ tn In Josh 8:21 and Judg 20:48 the two verbs “turn back” and “strike down” are also juxtaposed. There they refer to a military counter-attack.

[60:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “12,000 of Edom.” Perhaps one should read אֲרַם (’aram, “Aram”) here rather than אֱדוֹם (’edom, “Edom”).

[60:1]  ¹² sn The heading apparently refers to the military campaign recorded in 2 Sam 10 and 1 Chr 19.

[60:1]  ¹³ sn You have rejected us. See Pss 43:2; 44:9, 23.

[60:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “you broke out upon us, you were angry.”

[60:1]  ¹⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.

[60:8]  ¹⁶ sn The metaphor of the washbasin, used to rinse one’s hands and feet, suggests that Moab, in contrast to Israel’s elevated position (vv. 6-7), would be reduced to the status of a servant.

[60:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “over Edom I will throw my sandal.” The point of the metaphor is not entirely clear. Some interpret this as idiomatic for “taking possession of,” i.e., “I will take possession of Edom.” Others translate עַל (’al) as “to” and understand this as referring to a master throwing his dirty sandal to a servant so that the latter might dust it off.

[60:8]  ¹⁸ tc Heb “over me, O Philistia, shout in triumph.” The translation follows the text of Ps 108:9. When the initial עֲלֵיוֹ (’aleyo, “over”) was misread as עָלַי (’alay, “over me”), the first person verb form was probably altered to an imperative to provide better sense to the line.

[60:9]  ¹⁹ sn In v. 9 the psalmist speaks again and acknowledges his need for help in battle. He hopes God will volunteer, based on the affirmation of sovereignty over Edom in v. 8, but he is also aware that God has seemingly rejected the nation (v. 10, see also v. 1).