_HEAR MY CRY, O GOD; ATTEND UNTO MY PRAYER._ Psalms 61:1 -Two strophes separated by Selah. Prayer in extreme distress; confidence of safety under God's wings (Psalms 61:1); ground of confidence, namely, God has promised him an abiding throne (2 Samuel 7:1); let mercy and truth preserve him, that so... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ From the end of the earth - remote from the place where, in Jerusalem, God manifests his presence. David being an exile from the Lord's land, felt himself as it were banished t... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU HAST BEEN A SHELTER FOR ME, AND A STRONG TOWER FROM THE ENEMY._ For thou hast been a shelter for me - and always art so. AND A STRONG TOWER FROM THE ENEMY - literally, 'from the face of the enemy' (Proverbs 18:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE FOR EVER: I WILL TRUST IN THE COVERT OF THY WINGS. SELAH._ I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever. So sure is he, by faith, of his prayer being answered, that he, even in his distant exile, confidently asserts his permanent dwelling in the Lord's tabernacle (Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU, O GOD, HAST HEARD MY VOWS: THOU HAST GIVEN ME THE HERITAGE OF THOSE THAT FEAR THY NAME._ -Ground of his confidence-namely, the prophetic Word of God (2 Samuel 7:1), which guarantees to him eternal dominion. Verse 5. FOR THOU, O GOD, HAST HEARD MY VOWS - i:e., my payers mixed with vows o... [ Continue Reading ]