RRB notes on Psalm 60

Psalms 60 KJV

To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.

1. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. [1]

[1] The entire psalm is the Second Advent. Verse 1 is the end of the Church Age. Nothing in the passage has devotional or spiritual application to any Christian who ever lived.

2. Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. [a]

[a] Isa. 2:19-21, 13:13, 14:16, 24:18-19; Joel 3:16; Hag. 2:6-7, 21; Heb. 12:26.

3. Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

4. Thou hast given a banner [b] to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

[b] Song of Sol. 6:4; Psa. 20:5; Isa. 13:2.

5. That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

6. God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

8. Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: [c] Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

[c] Ruth 4:7.

9. Who will bring me into the strong city? [d] who will lead me into Edom?

[d] “Selah” – where Israel flees in the Tribulation (see note on 2 Kings 14:7) and is fed (Rev. 12:6, 14; Psa. 74:14, 78:15, 107:4, 40; Hos. 2:14; Job 30:3; Matt. 15:33; Mark 8:4; Eccl. 10:15).

10. Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

11. Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

12. Through God we shall do valiantly: [e] for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. [f]

[e] Num. 24:18.

[f] Isa. 63:1-3; Rev. 14:20, 19:11-15.

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Note on 2 Kings 14:7 KJV

He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah [1] by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

[1] Here the word “Selah” is [chet-samekh-lamed-ayin]. See Psalm 3:4, 4:2, 4, 21:2, 39:5, etc., for the word “Selah” there [samekh-lamed-ayin]. On a map, it is called Selah-Petra, the “rock city.” There will be a reference to the Second Coming of Christ within two or three verses of the word every time it shows up. It is only recognized by scholars as a pause or musical note. The word means “rock” – the “rock of separations” (1 Sam. 23:28). Otherwise, it is the “Rock” mentioned over and over again in the Song of Moses (Deut. 32), with the entire song dealing with the Second Advent (cf. Psa. 107:4, 7, 36, 108:10, 31:21; Eccl. 10:15). The Jewish remnant will be going south of the Dead Sea into the “rock city” to hide in the last few hours before the Lord returns and saves them “in the nick of time” on a white horse (see App. 99).

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Appendix 99 – The Source of All Fiction Plots

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 RRB notes on Psalm 59

Psalms 59 KJV

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

1. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. [1]

[1] Notice, again, the double application as we have seen in previous psalms. Verse 1-4 are a reference to David fleeing from Saul in 1 Samuel 19:11-17, but verses 5-13 have nothing to do with that in intent, wording, or application. Those last verses are Second Advent from start to finish (Isa. 51:9; Dan. 11:26-27, 30-32; Psa. 2:4-6; Dan. 2:44; 2 Thess. 2:8; Zech. 14:9-21; Isa. 2:2-3).

2. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

3. For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

4. They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

5. Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: [a] be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

[a] This “visitation” is Christ coming to kill two million UN troops (Jer. 50:27, 51:18; Hos. 9:7; Isa. 23:17, 26:14, 29:3-8).

6. They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

7. Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

8. But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

9. Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

10. The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

11. Slay them not, lest my people forget: [b] scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

[b] Judg. 2:21-23, 3:1-4.

12. For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

13. Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. [c] Selah.

[c] Psa. 110:1-2; Zech. 14:9; Jer. 23:5.

14. And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

15. Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

16. But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

17. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.