Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 60:7

"Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre." — Psalms 60:7 (ASV)

Gilead and Manasseh on the east of Jordan, and Ephraim and Judah on the west, are employed to denote the whole dominion.

Strength of my head ... — i.e., the helmet, or possibly with reminiscence of the patriarchal blessing on Joseph (Deuteronomy 33:17).

Lawgiver. — In Hebrew, it is a participle of a verb meaning to cut or engrave, and is applied as here to the lawmaker , or to the staff or sceptre which was the emblem of law (Genesis 49:10; Numbers 21:18). The Septuagint and Vulgate have “my king.”