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Psalm 61 · Book Two · David

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Of David.

The Hebrew title · Berean Standard Bible

For the choirmaster

About this psalm

Eight verses, written from the end of the earth and from an overwhelmed heart. Its request is one of the best known in the book: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. What follows is shelter language — a strong tower, a tabernacle, the covert of thy wings — and then, unexpectedly, a vow to pay vows daily.

Read it when you are past the end of your own strength.

My psalms

One verse at a time · it stops at the Selah

¹Hear my cry, O God;attend unto my prayer.²From 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.³For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.⁴I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever:I will trust in the covert of thy wings.

Selah

⁵For thou, O God, hast heard my vows:thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.⁶Thou wilt prolong the king’s life:and his years as many generations.⁷He shall abide before God for ever:O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.⁸So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

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