Psalms 60:2

“You made the earth quake, you split it open; heal its fractures, for it totters.”

Psalms 60:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 60:2, word by word

You madeהִרְעַשְׁתָּהhirashta

quake

To rumble, like the earth or mountains.

Where else “hirashta” appears
the earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “erets” appears
you split it openפְּצַמְתָּpetsamta

split open

To split, to break open; said of the earth that opens in an earthquake. It appears only once.

Where else “petsamta” appears
healרְפָrefa

heal

To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.

Where else “refa” appears
its fracturesשְׁבָרֶיshevare

fracture

When a bone or a pot gives way.

Where else “shevare” appears
it tottersמָטָהmata

totter, slip

Totter, slip, lose one's footing.

Where else “mata” appears

The context

1For the director. On The Lily of the Testimony. A Miktam of David, for teaching, when he fought against Aram-naharaim and against Aram of Zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, twelve thousand. Elohim, you have rejected us, you have broken through us; you have been angry; restore us.

2 · This verse (above)

3You have made your people see hard things; you have given us to drink wine of staggering.

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