Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 60:4

4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee o: that it may be displayed because of the truth , Selah.

Either, 1. Formerly. As thou hast sometimes afflicted thy People, so at other times thou hast delivered them. Or rather, 2. Now lately by and under me.

Which is a Sign and Instrument. 1. Of Union. This people who were lately divided and under several Banners, thou hast now gathered together and united under one Banner, to wit, under my Government. 2. Of Battel. Thou hast given us an Army, and Power to oppose our Enemies. We had our Banner to set against theirs. 3. Of Triumph. We have not lost our Banner, but gained theirs, and brought it away in Triumph▪ Compare, Psal. 20. 5. Or, for, or, on the behalf of them that fear thee. An Emphatical passage implying, that God gave so great a Blessing, to the People of Israel, for the sake of those few sincere Israelites which were among them.

Not for any Merit of ours, but to shew thy Faithfulness in making good thy Promises which thou hast made, both to me, concerning the Establishing of this Kingdom to me, and to my seed for ever, and to thy People in general; whom thou hast frequently Promised to hear and help when they call upon thee, in times of Trouble.