Psalm 60:2
New International Version
You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

New Living Translation
You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.

English Standard Version
You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.

Berean Standard Bible
You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

King James Bible
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

New King James Version
You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.

New American Standard Bible
You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its cracks, for it sways.

NASB 1995
You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its breaches, for it totters.

NASB 1977
Thou hast made the land quake, Thou hast split it open; Heal its breaches, for it totters.

Legacy Standard Bible
You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its breaches, for it shakes.

Amplified Bible
You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its rifts, for it shakes and totters.

Christian Standard Bible
You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

American Standard Version
Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You have shaken the Earth and you have opened it, breaching its breaks, therefore it is weakened.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.

Contemporary English Version
You made the earth shake and split wide open; now heal its wounds and stop its trembling.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.

English Revised Version
Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You made the land quake. You split it wide open. Heal the cracks in it because it is falling apart.

Good News Translation
You have made the land tremble, and you have cut it open; now heal its wounds, because it is falling apart.

International Standard Version
You made the earth quake; you broke it open. Repair its fractures, because it has shifted.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; Heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.

Literal Standard Version
You have caused the land to tremble, | You have broken it, | Heal its breaches, for it has moved.

Majority Standard Bible
You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

New American Bible
You rocked the earth, split it open; repair the cracks for it totters.

NET Bible
You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.

New Revised Standard Version
You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.

New Heart English Bible
You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal its breaches; for it shaketh.

World English Bible
You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Victory Through God
1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us! 2You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking. 3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:14
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Isaiah 30:26
The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter--like the light of seven days--on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.

Lamentations 5:22
unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

Amos 8:8
Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.


Treasury of Scripture

You have made the earth to tremble; you have broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shakes.

made

Psalm 104:32
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

Psalm 114:7
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

broken

Psalm 89:40
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

2 Samuel 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

2 Samuel 3:11-14
And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him…

heal

2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Job 5:18
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Isaiah 30:26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

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Psalm 60
1. David, complaining to God of former judgment
4. now upon better hope, prays for deliverance
6. Comforting himself in God's promises, he craves that help whereon he trusts














(2) Earth.--Rather, land; since, though the image is drawn from an earthquake, in which the solid ground trembles and buildings totter and fall (comp. Isaiah 30:13), the convulsion described is political, not physical.

Verse 2. - Thou hast made the earth (rather, the land) to tremble. The blow struck convulsed the whole land - i.e. the people in it. It is not really an earthquake, but a panic fear, that is intended. Thou hast broken it; or, rent it. The imagery of an earthquake is kept up. Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. The panic fear still continued.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You have shaken
הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה (hir·‘aš·tāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7493: To undulate, through fear, to spring

the land
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and torn it open.
פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ (pə·ṣam·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6480: To split open

Heal
רְפָ֖ה (rə·p̄āh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure

its fractures,
שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ (šə·ḇā·re·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash

for
כִי־ (ḵî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it is quaking.
מָֽטָה׃ (mā·ṭāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall


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