Psalm 60:3
“Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 60Meaning
The community does not minimize the severity of what it has endured. The intoxication image describes destabilization, not moral approval of drunkenness and not a literal claim about what every sufferer has consumed.
Defeat, shaking, and a plea for restoration
The opening movement names rejection, social dislocation, severe hardship, and the need for a saving sign before asking God to rescue his beloved people.
Read carefully
The imagery describes the felt severity and disorientation of crisis; it does not celebrate suffering or drunkenness.
Reflection
Allow space for recovery and truthful naming of trauma rather than demanding instant composure or spiritual certainty.