The service of God shall be his constant work and business. 2. We need not desire to be better secured than under the protection of God's mercy and truth. The vows we have made we must conscientiously perform. Outline of Psalms 61 David seeks God upon former experience. Weeping must quicken praying, and not deaden it. This rock is Christ. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. The Old Testament Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, The Whole Bible GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. of Scripture. A … We need desire no better heritage than that of those who fear God. Prophets GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Selah. General Epistles Thus the soul, by being lifted up to God, returns to the enjoyment of itself. 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. 6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Wisdom Literature Pentateuch Selah. Psalms 61:1 « To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David. Historical Books It was a comfort to David to think, whatever became of him, that the years of the Lord's Anointed would be as many generations, and that. Those that fear God have enough in him, and must not complain. Pauline Epistles Thus the soul, being lifted up to God, returns to the enjoyment of itself. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 1. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. Complete Concise David, in this psalm, as in many others, begins with a sad heart, but concludes with an air of pleasantness—begins with prayers and tears, but ends with songs of praise. 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. But renewed experience of God's mercy and truth towards his people in Christ, is the main matter of our joy in him, and our praise unto him.Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710. David found that he could not be fixed on the Rock of salvation, unless the Lord placed him upon it.
I. David's close adherence and application to God by prayer in the day of his distress and trouble: "Whatever comes. 8 So will I sing praise vnto thy name for euer, that I may daily performe my vowes. The New Testament
6 Thou wilt prolong the kings life: and his yeeres as many generations. Wisdom Literature (2.)
2. Historical Books View the entire commentary, New International Version (NIV). With what cheerfulness he vows the grateful returns of duty to God (. Major Prophets The grace of God and the covenant of grace shall be his constant comfort: I.
… If God deal with us as he uses to deal with those that love his name we need not desire to be any better dealt with. If it was penned before he came to the crown, yet, being anointed by Samuel, and knowing what God had spoken in his holiness, he could in faith call himself, 2. The Whole Bible On the Divine mercy, as on a rock, David desired to rest his soul; but he was like a ship-wrecked sailor, exposed to the billows at the bottom of a rock too high for him to climb without help. -------------------- John Trapp Complete Commentary. 3 For thou hast bene a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Those abide to good purpose in this world, who abide before God, serve him, and walk in his fear; those who do so, shall abide before him for ever. -------------------- "The prayers that went along with those vows; those thou hast graciously heard and answered,' which encouraged him now to pray.