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Psalm 60:4

You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

2You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
3You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
4You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
5So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
6God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
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The banner God gives stands amid trembling land and staggering people, so this declaration of truth still belongs to a prayer for rescue.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Psalm 20:5We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May the LORD grant all your requests.Both psalms speak of banners in connection with God, within prayers that ask him to answer.
Exodus 17:15Moses built an altar, and called its name “The LORD our Banner”.Psalm 60 names God as the giver of a banner; Moses names his altar “The LORD our Banner”.
Isaiah 11:12He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the …Both passages describe a banner provided by God; Isaiah connects it with gathering Israel's outcasts and Judah's dispersed people.
Song of Songs 2:4He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.Both passages use the image of a banner, though the psalm connects it with truth and the Song with love.
Isaiah 5:26He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.Both passages describe God providing a banner; Isaiah's banner signals distant nations to come.
Isaiah 13:2Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.Both passages speak of displaying a banner; Isaiah pairs it with a raised voice and a waving hand.
Isaiah 49:22The Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your …Both passages describe God's banner; Isaiah connects its lifting with peoples bringing sons and daughters back.
Jeremiah 5:1–3“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who does …Truth is explicit in both passages: the banner is displayed because of truth, and Jerusalem is searched for someone seeking truth.
Psalm 45:4In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.Both psalms connect truth with martial imagery: a displayed banner in Psalm 60 and a victorious rider in Psalm 45.
Psalm 12:1–2For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of …The shared thread is limited: both mention people devoted to God, while Psalm 12 laments the loss of the faithful.
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Encouragement

The surrounding hardship remains real when the banner appears. Your prayer can acknowledge trouble and God's gifts together: he has given a banner to those who fear him.

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