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Psalm 60:8
Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my sandal on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
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.
8Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my sandal on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
9Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
10Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God.
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A wash basin and a thrown sandal make God's triumph sound stark: neighboring nations are humbled beneath his rule in this wartime poem.
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Psalm 108:9–10Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”Both passages depict Moab as a washing vessel, a sandal thrown on Edom, and a shout over Philistia.
2 Samuel 8:14He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.Both portray Edom brought under authority, and Samuel attributes David's victory to the LORD.
2 Samuel 8:1–2After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.God declares triumph over Philistia in the psalm, while Samuel records David subduing the Philistines.
Genesis 27:40You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”Both passages use the language of subjection, though Genesis speaks of serving a brother and later breaking free.
2 Samuel 21:15–22The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;The Philistines appear in both texts, though Samuel describes renewed fighting and David's exhaustion rather than a shout of triumph.
1 Chronicles 18:13He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.Edom's subjection connects these passages: the psalm uses a thrown sandal, while Chronicles records garrisons and credits the LORD with victory.
1 Chronicles 18:1–2After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.Both concern triumph over the Philistines, expressed as God's declaration in the psalm and David's conquest in Chronicles.
2 Samuel 8:2He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep …Both portray Moab humbled; Samuel describes the brutal conquest, including executions, that left surviving Moabites serving David and paying tribute.
Genesis 25:23The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The …Both concern the standing of nations, though Genesis describes the elder serving the younger and the psalm declares God's supremacy.
Numbers 24:18Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.Both depict Edom under another's authority: Numbers says it will become a possession, and the psalm portrays God throwing his sandal on it.
2 Kings 1:1Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.Moab connects the passages, though the psalm depicts its humiliation and Kings records its rebellion against Israel.
2 Kings 3:4Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.Moab occupies a subordinate position in both passages, pictured as God's wash basin and described as supplying livestock and wool to Israel's king.
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These words belong to Israel's wartime prayer; they give no license to demean your neighbors. Even amid the psalm's cries of rejection, God speaks as ruler over nations.
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