| Geneva Study Bible Thou hast {e} shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. (e) You have handled your people sharply, in asking from them sense and judgment in that they aided Saul the wicked King, and punished him to whom God had given the just title of the realm. Wesley's Notes 60:3 To drink - Thou hast filled us with no less honor, than men intoxicated with strong drink. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 3. drink . wine of astonishment-literally, "of staggering"-that is, made us weak (compare Ps 75:8; Isa 51:17, 22). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 60:1-5 David owns God's displeasure to be the cause of all the hardships he had undergone. And when God is turning his hand in our favour, it is good to remember our former troubles. In God's displeasure their troubles began, therefore in his favour their prosperity must begin. Those breaches and divisions which the folly and corruption of man make, nothing but the wisdom and grace of God can repair, by pouring out a spirit of love and peace, by which only a kingdom is saved from ruin. The anger of God against sin, is the only cause of all misery, private or public, that has been, is, or shall be. In all these cases there is no remedy, but by returning to the Lord with repentance, faith, and prayer; beseeching him to return to us. Christ, the Son of David, is given for a banner to those that fear God; in him they are gathered together in one, and take courage. In his name and strength they wage war with the powers of darkness. | 
