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Verse Psalms 61:5. _HAST HEARD MY VOWS_] Often have I purposed to be
wholly thine, -to serve thee alone, - to give up my whole life to thy
service: and thou hast heard me, and taken me at my word; an...
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FOR THOU, O GOD, HAST HEARD MY VOWS - That is, my prayers accompanied
with solemn pledges or promises that I will devote myself to thy
service. In some way David had the assurance that those vows and...
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PSALM 61-68
Psalms 61
The Identification of the King with His People
_ 1. His cry and their cry (Psalms 61:1)_
2. His answer and exaltation (Psalms 61:5)
The following eight Psalms are grouped to...
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LXI. The Psalmist prays from the end of the earth in the confidence
that God will protect him. He expresses his desire to dwell in the
Temple and ends with a prayer for the king. The Exile is presuppo...
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FEAR. revere.
THY NAME. Thee. See note on Psalms 20:1....
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_host heard my vows_ Vows accompanied by prayers.
_thou hast given_me _the heritage of those that fear thy name Me_is
not in the original; and it is best to supply the remoter object of
the verb from...
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Such prayers David can offer in confidence, for his prayers have
already been partially answered. He can look forward in faith to the
fulfilment of the promises God has made to His king, and he will s...
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I WILL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE, &C.— David's danger seems to have
been over before he had finished this psalm; and therefore, after a
pause, he here begins to acknowledge how God had granted the petit...
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PSALMS 61
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Psalmist, in Banishment, Prays for Restoration.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 61:1-4, Prayer for Restoration based on Past
Mercies. Stanza II., Psalms 61:5-8, Prayer fo...
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_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...
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VOWS] here stand for the prayers which accompanied them. THOU HAST
GIVEN _me_, etc.] RM 'Thou hast given an heritage unto those that fear
thy name.' This may mean that Absalom's rebellion has been cru...
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This Ps. was written at a distance from Jerusalem, and is either the
prayer of a king for himself, or the prayer of a subject for himself
and the king. In the former case it would naturally be assigne...
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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HERITAGE. — As the Authorised Version runs, the _heritage_ is length
of days, one promised generally to those who fear Jehovah (Proverbs
10:27; Proverbs 19:23), and particularly to Israel (Deuteronomy...
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_[Psalms 61:6]_ כִּֽי ־אַתָּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים
שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ לִ...
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Psalms 61:1
THE situation of the singer in this psalm is the same as in Psalms
63:1. In both he is an exile longing for the sanctuary, and in both
"the king" is referred to in a way which leaves his i...
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SAFE UNDER GOD'S PROTECTION
Psalms 61:1
This psalm was probably composed at the time of Absalom's rebellion,
when David was a fugitive from the Tabernacle that he loved. There are
two stanzas.
_ PR...
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In this song there is the same undertone of confidence as in the
preceding one. Here, however, it is rather the voice of one man than
that of the people. The reference to the king, in verse Psalms 61:...
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For thou, O God, (c) hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the
heritage of those that fear thy name.
(c) There is nothing that strengthens our faith more than the memory
of God's help in times pas...
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Price. Septuagint, St. Hilary, &c., "my honour." They wish to dethrone
me, and to represent me as unfit to govern. --- I ran. Septuagint
Greek: edramon, "they ran" likewise, as Hebrew implies, and as...
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Are not all these well known (and may I not add, Reader, well proved,
in your soul's experience) characters of the Lord Jesus? Is not Jesus
the hiding place, and the covert, and the strong tower, and...
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5._For thou, O God! hast heard my vows. _He here shows the grounds
upon which he had spoken of his abiding under the wings of God. The
sudden joy which he experienced arose from the circumstance of Go...
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Psalms 61. The main point of all these psalms is trust in God when all
is against the godly One. The more all circumstances are adverse, the
more God is trusted in; but Christ shines through all as ta...
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FOR THOU, O GOD, HAST HEARD MY VOWS,.... Or "my prayers", as the
Septuagint and other versions. Vows are so called, because it was
usual to make vows in trouble, when prayer was made to the Lord for
h...
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For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage
of those that fear thy name.
Ver. 5. _For thou, O God, hast heard my vows_] _i.e._ My prayers,
which had vows of thankfulness an...
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_For thou, O God, hast heard my vows_ My fervent prayers, attended
with vows and promises, as was usual, especially in cases of great
danger or difficulty. Thou hast taken notice of them; thou hast
ac...
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A CONFIDENT PRAYER FOR DIVINE AID.
To the chief musician upon Neginah, with the accompaniment upon
stringed instruments, a psalm of David....
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For Thou, O God, hast heard my vows, those connected with his prayer;
THOU HAST GIVEN ME THE HERITAGE OF THOSE THAT FEAR THY NAME, a part in
the spiritual blessings of Israel....
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5-8 There is a people in the world that fear God's name. There is a
heritage peculiar to that people; present comforts in the soul,
earnests of future bliss. Those that fear God have enough in him, a...
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Psalms 61:5 God H430 heard H8085 (H8804) vows H5088 given H5414
(H8804) heritage H3425 fear H3373 name...
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HE EXPRESSES HIS CONFIDENCE THAT GOD WHO HAS CALLED HIM TO BE A
BELIEVER WILL PROLONG HIS LIFE AND EXTEND IT INTO THE FUTURE,
PROMISING IN RETURN THAT HE WILL CONTINUALLY PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD
AND FU...
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CONTENTS: Encouraged by experiences and expectation, David calls on
God for further deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Past experiences of the benefit of trusting God implicity
should...
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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 e...
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_Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear Thy name._
OUR HERITAGE
So, then, they that fear God have an heritage. Not, perhaps, in this
world, but even as to temporal good, they are often ab...
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_I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert
of Thy wings._
COMFORT IN EXILE
1. The Lord can give such satisfaction to a sad heart in the time of
its trouble, that the troubl...
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_Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer._
A MEDITATION ON THE SIXTY-FIRST PSALM
In the first verse it is not the Jew but the man that speaks. The same
idea can be found in all languages. When Davi...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 61:1. This psalm could be considered both
an individual lament and a communal lament. It asks for God’s help
in times of trouble. Verses Psalms 61
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription.—_“_To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to
Psalms 57. “_Upon Neginah_.” Hebrew: _Neginath_. “The LXX. and
Vulg., evidently read _Neginoth_ in the plural, which occur...
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EXPOSITION
This short psalm is one of much beauty, and was sung daily at Matins
in the earliest ages of the Church. It is, however, somewhat obscure,
especially in its later portion, where a king is s...
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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. I...
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Acts 10:35; Malachi 3:16; Psalms 115:13; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 16:6;...
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Heritage — Thou hast granted me this singular mercy, to live in
God's land, to enjoy his presence, and to worship in his tabernacle;
which is the heritage that all that fear thee, prize and desire abo...