Back to Psalms 60

Psalms 60:12

Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

  • KJV King James Version

    Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    (60-14) Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.

View more translations →

Cross-references (14)

Passages linked to Psalms 60:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 44:5 Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
  • Joshua 1:9 Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
  • Isaiah 63:3 “I have trodden the wine press alone. Of the peoples, no one was with me. Yes, I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath. Their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
  • 1 Chronicles 19:13 Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”
  • Revelation 19:15 Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
  • Malachi 4:3 You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.
  • Numbers 24:18-19 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.”
  • 2 Samuel 10:12 Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”
  • Psalms 118:16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
  • Psalms 144:1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
  • Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
  • Zechariah 10:5 They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.
  • Psalms 18:32-42 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect? He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze. You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great. You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped. I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed. I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet. For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me. They cried, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them. Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
  • Joshua 14:12 Now therefore give me this hill country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and great and fortified cities. It may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh said.”

Cross-references from openbible.info (CC BY 4.0)

↑ Top

Explain this verse (8 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for…

Psa 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.

Ver. 12. Through God we shall do valiantly] Faciemus militiam, some render it, and it is true of the spiritual warfare also; we shall be more than conquerors, even triumphers, 2Co 2:14. Meminisse oportet ista nunc esse ad spirituales Ecclesiae hastes potius quam adversus armatas terra capias referenda, saith Beza, in his argument and use of this psalm.

Read full note →

He it is that shall tread down our enemies] Corporal and spiritual; this is a part of Christ’s kingly office, to the which he will not be wanting. Psalmus hic est de Messia imperante, sicut David, saith Kimchi, out of Derash Rabboth. This psalm is concerning Messiah reigning, as David did.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Through God we shall do valiantly,.... Or, "through the…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Through God we shall do valiantly] Through…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Through God - By the help of God.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Do valiantly—Be victorious. Notwithstanding the severe rebuff through…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Through God] Cp. Psa_56:4.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Through God we shall do valiantly. No miracle is…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 12. Through God we shall do valiantly. From…

↑ Top

Share