Psalms 60:8
in Psalms 60Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.
KJV
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
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This verse in Psalms 60
Commentary
5 notes on this verseon Psalms 60:7-9
"Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine." Gilead is a grandson of Manasseh; this is said in order that he may show that the succession of the patriarchs, from whom is descended Christ according to the flesh, comes down from God. "And Ephraim is the support of my head. Judah is my king." He will join together by agreement the parts that are severed. "Moab is the washbasin of my hope."
This site's exposition
God has spoken from His sanctuary
on Psalms 60:6-8
God speaks and hands out the land, Shechem and the Valley of Succoth, Gilead and Manasseh. Ephraim is His helmet and Judah His scepter, and the neighbors become household things, Moab His washbasin and His sandal tossed on Edom. Psalm 108:7 to 9 carries the same oracle.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
For who does not know that sandals are made from dead animals? But the Lord coming incarnate appeared as if shod, because in his divinity he assumed the dead flesh of our corruption. Hence also through the Prophet he says: "Over Edom I will extend my sandal." For by Edom the Gentile world is signified, and by the sandal the assumed mortality is designated. Therefore the Lord asserts that he extends his sandal over Edom, because when he became known to the Gentiles through flesh, divinity came to us as if shod.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Moab is my washpot,.... To wash hands and feet in: and so the Syriac version, "and Moab the washing of my feet"; a vessel for low and mean service, and so denotes the servile subjection of the Moabites to David; see 2Sa 8:2; and as the words may be rendered, "the pot of my washing" (r).
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Having looked at home with satisfaction, the hero king now looks abroad with exultation. Moab, so injurious to me in former years, is my washpot. The basin into which the water falls when it is poured from an ewer upon my feet. A mere pot to hold the dirty water after my feet have been washed in it. Once she defiled Israel, according to the counsel of Balaam, the son of Beor; but she shall no longer be able to perpetrate such baseness; she shall be a washpot for those whom she sought to pollute.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מוֹאָ֤ב׀ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| סִ֬יר | sir | [is] [the] pot of | H5518 → | 34 times |
| רַחְצִ֗י | rachtzi | washing my | H7366 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֱ֭דוֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| אַשְׁלִ֣יךְ | ʾashlikh | I throw | H7993 → | 125 times |
| נַעֲלִ֑י | naali | sandal my | H5275 → | |
| עָ֝לַ֗י | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת | peleshet | O Philistia | H6429 → | 8 times |
| הִתְרֹעָֽעִֽי׃ | hitroai | shout | H7321 → | 44 times |
מוֹאָ֤ב׀Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
סִ֬יר[is] [the] pot of
sirH5518 →34 times
רַחְצִ֗יwashing my
rachtziH7366 →
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אֱ֭דוֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
אַשְׁלִ֣יךְI throw
ʾashlikhH7993 →125 times
נַעֲלִ֑יsandal my
naaliH5275 →
עָ֝לַ֗יon me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
פְּלֶ֣שֶׁתO Philistia
peleshetH6429 →8 times
הִתְרֹעָֽעִֽי׃shout
hitroaiH7321 →44 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 8:14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
it leads to
- Genesis 27:29
May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you…
- Genesis 27:37–40
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can…
- Numbers 24:17–18
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
- Genesis 25:23
and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the…
- 2 Samuel 8:6
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- Genesis 27:29
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceCoastal plain, southwest CanaanPhilistiaThe coastal plain of the five Philistine cities, Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gath, judged in Zephaniah 2 and Amos 1.
- PlaceTransjordanEdomThe highland nation descended from Esau that refused Israel passage on the King's Highway, and whose pride the prophets answered.
- PlaceTransjordanMoabThe high country east of the Dead Sea, home of Lot's descendants, where Balak hired Balaam, where Ruth was born, and where Moses l…
This page draws on Basil of Caesarea, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 20:4; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 7 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).