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The "Wine of Staggering"
Commentators explain that the "wine of staggering" is a powerful metaphor. It doesn't refer to literal wine but to a state of bewilderment and confusion caused by overwhelming national disasters. God has allowed His people to experience calamities so severe that they are left reeling and disoriented, like someone who is drunk and unable to act effectively. This imagery is common in the Old Testament prophets.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 60:3
18th Century
Theologian
You have shown your people hard things - You have caused them to see reverses, disappointments, and trials. This refers, according …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 60:3
19th Century
Bishop
Hard things — that is, a hard fate.
Wine of astonishment. — Literally, either wine of reeling — t…
John Calvin
On Psalms 60:3
16th Century
Theologian
You have shown your people hard things. He says, first, that the nation had been dealt with severely, and then adds a figure of speech tha…
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John Gill
On Psalms 60:3
17th Century
Pastor
You have showed your people hard things
As to have their city and temple burial, multitudes of them slain, and the r…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 60:1–5
17th Century
Minister
David acknowledges God's displeasure to be the cause of all the hardships he had endured. And when God is turning his hand in our favor, it is good…