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Psalm 60:9

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?

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.
11Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.
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The strong city and the questions about Edom expose uncertainty about military help, even after God has declared his rule over the surrounding lands.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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2 Samuel 12:26–31Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.Both passages concern a city in warfare, though Joab's capture of Rabbah is distinct from the psalm's question about Edom.
2 Samuel 11:1At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon …Both texts concern military action involving a city, but the siege of Rabbah concerns Ammon rather than Edom.
1 Chronicles 11:17–19David longed, and said, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”The link is limited: both speakers seek someone's help in connection with a city, though David's longing concerns water.
1 Chronicles 11:6David had said, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.” Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.Both passages raise the matter of who will lead in battle; Chronicles names Joab, while the psalm asks who will help.
Judges 1:12Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”Both passages concern taking a city in warfare, with attention to the person who will make that advance possible.
Judges 1:24–25The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”Both passages seek help entering a city, though Judges describes watchers asking a resident to show them the entrance.
Where this verse fits

Leadership weight. feeling distant from God. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

The question about Edom leads into words of rejection and a plea for help. You may bring unresolved uncertainty to God; this prayer includes it.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).