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Psalm 60:5
So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
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.
7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.
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God’s beloved people are asking for rescue, so the prayer leaves room for love and distress to be present in the same life.
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Psalm 17:7Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.Both prayers appeal to God’s love and his right hand for rescue, with Psalm 17 naming enemies as the threat.
Psalm 138:7Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.God’s right hand saves in both passages: Psalm 60 asks for rescue, while Psalm 138 expresses confidence amid trouble.
Isaiah 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the …Both passages connect God’s right hand with help: the psalm asks him to save, and Isaiah records his promise to uphold.
Exodus 15:6Your right hand, LORD, is glorious in power. Your right hand, LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces.God’s right hand signifies his power in both texts; Exodus describes that power dashing the enemy in pieces.
Psalm 108:6–13That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.Both verses ask God to deliver his beloved, save with his right hand, and answer their shared plea.
Psalm 18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.Both passages link salvation with God’s right hand, which Psalm 18 also describes as sustaining the speaker.
Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.The shared language concerns being beloved: Psalm 60 names those seeking deliverance, while Ephesians speaks of favor in the Beloved.
Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am …Both use the word beloved, though Psalm 60 speaks of people needing rescue and Matthew identifies God’s beloved Son.
Jeremiah 11:15What has my beloved to do in my house, since she has behaved lewdly with many, and the holy flesh has passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice.”Both use beloved for God’s people; Psalm 60 pleads for their rescue, while Jeremiah confronts their evil.
Deuteronomy 33:12About Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the LORD will dwell in safety by him. He covers him all day long. He dwells between his shoulders.”Both connect being beloved by God with safety: Psalm 60 asks for deliverance, while Deuteronomy speaks of Benjamin dwelling under God’s protection.
Deuteronomy 33:3Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet. Each receives your words.Both speak of God’s love for his people and his hand, linking their place with him to his strength and care.
Deuteronomy 7:7–8The LORD didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;Both speak of God’s love for his people; Deuteronomy adds that his choice did not depend on their greater numbers.
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Hard things have already happened to the people praying here. Their plea still names them as God’s beloved and looks to his strength for rescue.
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