Scofield's Reference Notes - Psalms 61:4
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Psalm 61:1-4,psalm 61:8
Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 61:1-8
Shall we turn now to the sixty-first psalm for our beginning of our Bible study this evening. Psalms 61:1-8 .Hear my cry, O Lord ( Psalms 61:1 );Now in the Hebrew, this word for cry is very intense. It is actually, "Hear my loud wailing, O Lord." Now David was the kind of a guy when he was in trouble, he really let go. Some people are very reserved in their nature. I'm sort of a reserved kind of a person, but David wasn't. I mean, when he was in trouble he wanted everybody to know. And... read more
Joseph Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 61:1-8
Title. A psalm of David, written during his northern expedition, as it would seem from the second verse. Psalms 61:2 . From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee; that is, from the north-east extremity of the country, where he was then fighting with Shobah, and in Mesopotamia, as in the preseding psalm. He was far from his country, from his throne, and the sanctuary. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. The MESSIAH: so the ancients have understood the words. A fortified place... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 61:1-8
Psalms 61:1-8Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.A meditation on the sixty-first psalmIn the first verse it is not the Jew but the man that speaks. The same idea can be found in all languages. When David speaks thus, he speaks for the whole world! There is no doubt the most intense personality in the petition; it is “my” cry, it is “my” prayer. What then? Even when the man individualizes himself most carefully, he does but mingle most familiarly with all other men. This is the voice of an... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 61:2
Psalms 61:2From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Reek that is higher than I.David’s refugeThis psalm, like very many others, begins with tears and ends with praise. It is very often so, in coming to a throne of grace day by day. Many a believer has gone down upon his knees with a broken heart, and has risen with it healed and fully cured.I. David’s resolution. “I will cry unto Thee.” Now, the term “cry” is of very frequent use in Scripture,... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 61:3
Psalms 61:3For Thou hast been a shelter to me, and a strong tower from the enemy.Past mercies earnests of future onesThe psalmist had good ground for the determination which he cordially expresses. It is manifest that, with David, to call to mind past mercies was to expect future. He was at the very ends of ‘the earth; his heart was overwhelmed; but as soon as he remembered how God had delivered and shielded him before, he was at once confident that the wings of his protection were stretched... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 61:4-5
Psalms 61:4-5I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of Thy wings.Comfort in exile1. The Lord can give such satisfaction to a sad heart in the time of its trouble, that the trouble may turn to be no trouble, even while it lieth on still, as here is to be seen in David’s comfort, who speaketh as if he were restored, while he is yet in exile.2. Spiritual consolations in temporal troubles do both give satisfaction to a soul for the present and for the time to come, for... read more
John Trapp
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 61:1
Psalms 61:1 « To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David. » Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. To the chief Musician upon Neginah, &c. ] Vincenti in melodiis Davidis (Vatab.). It is probable that he made this psalm when, driven out of his kingdom by his son Absalom, he took up at Mahanaim beyond Jordan, 2 Samuel 17:24 , and therehence prayed from the ends of the earth, or rather of the land, Psalms 61:2 . Howbeit R. Obadiah saith, that this psalm is De pugna cum Aram... read more
John Trapp
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 61:2
Psa 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I. Ver. 2. From the ends of the earth ] Or, of the land. In all places men may lift up holy hands, 1Ti 2:8 John 4:21 , and speed. A desert may be a goodly oratory. Sic dicit respectu arae a qua exulabat longe in bello contra hostes (R. Sol.). When my heart is overwhelmed ] Or, covered over, Ut fit in deliquiis et lipothimiis, as is usual in swoons. See a like... read more
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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 61:2
DISCOURSE: 598ADVICE TO THE AFFLICTEDPsalms 61:2. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.IN whatever situation we be, we shall find both consolation in the promises, and direction in the examples, that are recorded for our use in the Sacred Writings. But in seasons of affliction principally, will the holy Oracles be found precious, because they exhibit to us God’s dearest children in similar circumstances, and... read more