What does Psalms Chapter 60 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Atlas of Saints · Chapter summary

The Latin incipit is Exaudi, Deus. The speaker’s petitions, recollections and future declarations retain their distinct wording. Edition interpretations remain separate from verse speech; no universal safety or clinical guarantee is established.

Chapter breakdown

The Latin incipit is Exaudi, Deus. The separate heading interprets the prayer as seeking Christ's unending kingdom. The inscription is unto the end, in hymns, for David. The speaker asks attentive hearing of supplication. He has cried from earth's ends in heart's anguish and says God exalted him on a rock and conducted him, being hope and a tower against the enemy. He does not report an exile location, being lifted by a hand or an impregnable height beyond physical reach.

He says he shall dwell forever in God's tabernacle and be protected under wings, recalls heard prayer and inheritance given to fearers of the name. God will add days to the king and years from generation to generation. He abides forever in God's sight, followed by the question who shall search his mercy and truth. The speaker will sing forever and pay vows daily. The heading's interpretation remains distinct from the verse wording and no completed psychological cure is asserted.

The story inside

Opening: The Latin incipit is Exaudi, Deus. Development: The speaker’s petitions, recollections and future declarations retain their distinct wording. Conclusion: Edition interpretations remain separate from verse speech; no universal safety or clinical guarantee is established.

Lessons worth keeping

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The Latin incipit is Exaudi, Deus.
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The speaker’s petitions, recollections and future declarations retain their distinct wording.
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Edition interpretations remain separate from verse speech; no universal safety or clinical guarantee is established.

Test your recall

Which images and requests does the speaker use, and what does the chapter leave unresolved?

Source edition and notes

Douay–Rheims, revised by Richard Challoner (1749–1752). Project Gutenberg no. 1581. Locators refer to lines in the admitted pg1581.txt edition. Source notes may include Challoner commentary.

Lines 61231–61234
60:2. Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer. 60:3. To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;
Lines 61236–61240
60:4. For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy. 60:5. In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.
Lines 61245–61249
60:7. Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation. 60:8. He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?