Psa 60:2 | NETfull | STEP | You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.

Psalms 60:2

2 You made the earth quake; you split it open. ^{▼▼ The verb פָּצַם (patsam, “split open”) occurs only here in the OT. An Arabic cognate means “crack,” and an Aramaic cognate is used in Tg. Jer 22:14 with the meaning “break open, frame.” See BDB 822 s.v. and Jastrow 1205 s.v. פְּצַם.} ^{▼▼ You made the earth quake; you split it open. The psalmist uses the imagery of an earthquake to describe the nation’s defeat.}
Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall. ^{▼▼ It is ready to fall. The earth is compared to a wall that has been broken by the force of the earthquake (note the preceding line) and is ready to collapse.}