Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 61:8
That so I may pay unto thee those services and sacrifices which I vowed to thee when I was in trouble.
That so I may pay unto thee those services and sacrifices which I vowed to thee when I was in trouble.
Verse Psalms 61:8. _SO WILL I SING PRAISE UNTO THY NAME FOR EVER_] For the benefits which I have received, and hope to receive endlessly from thee, I will to all perpetuity praise thee. _THAT I MAY...
SO WILL I SING PRAISE UNTO THY NAME FOR EVER - As the result of this gracious interposition. Compare the notes at Isaiah 38:20. The meaning is, that he would do this constantly. It would be the regula...
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...
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...
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. TO. for. JEDUTHUN.. precentor appointed by David, by name Ethan (see App-65), afterward called Jeduthun. confession (1 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Chronicles 16:41;...
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...
The preservation of a life demands lifelong thanksgiving. Cp. Psalms 50:14. If David is the speaker in Psalms 61:6, the return to the first person in this resolution is entirely natural: otherwise the...
SO WILL I SING PRAISE, &C.— _Thus will I sound thy name for ever, when I pay my vows every day._ REFLECTIONS.—In this psalm, 1. David looks up to God in his troubles; _Hear my cry, O God, attend unto...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
_[Psalms 61:9]_ כֵּ֤ן אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה שִׁמְךָ֣ לָ עַ֑ד...
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...
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...
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:...
_God. The multiplicity of titles shews the prophet's love. See Apocalypse v. 12. (St. Augustine, Confessions i. 4.) (Berthier)_...
REFLECTIONS PRECIOUS Lord Jesus! let the reading of this sweet Psalm be so accompanied with thy grace, that it may incline my soul to be cleaving closer and closer to thee, my God, in all the exercise...
We must wholly drop all thoughts of David king of Israel in this precious portion of the Psalm; for of none could the Holy Ghost speak in language like this, but of Jesus, who is Jehovah's King in Zio...
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...
SO WILL I SING PRAISE UNTO THY NAME FOR EVER,.... Or constantly; and not only in this world, but in that to come, for the favours before mentioned; for hearing his prayers; giving him a goodly heritag...
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. Ver. 8. _So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever_] _Conclusio votiva._ Praise is so pleasing a service to God, tha...
_Thou wilt prolong the king's life_ My life. He calls himself king, either, 1st, Because, if this Psalm was composed before Saul's death, yet even then he knew he was designed and appointed to be king...
So will I sing praise unto Thy name forever, extolling the essence of God and all His divine attributes and making them known by the proclamation of His Word, THAT I MAY DAILY PERFORM MY VOWS, the mea...
A CONFIDENT PRAYER FOR DIVINE AID. To the chief musician upon Neginah, with the accompaniment upon stringed instruments, a psalm of David....
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...
Psalms 61:8 sing H2167 (H8762) name H8034 forever H5703 daily H3117 H3117 perform H7999 (H8763) vows...
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...
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...
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...
_Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations._ THE PERPETUITY OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM He prophesieth not simply of the stability of the kingdom in his own person and posterity, b...
_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...
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
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...
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...
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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