Psalms 61:3
What meaning of the psalms 61:3 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 61:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy."
What does Psalms 61:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy."
Verse Psalms 61:3. _THOU HAST BEEN A SHELTER FOR ME_] During the whole duration of the captivity God marvellously dealt with the poor Jews; so that, although they were cast down, they were not utterly...
FOR THOU HAST BEEN A SHELTER FOR ME - A place of refuge; a place where I have found safety. He refers here to what had occurred in former times. God had protected him when in danger, and he pleads tha...
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...
SHELTER. refuge....
David prays that God will prove Himself a refuge as in time past, and that he may again live in His presence and under His protection in Jerusalem....
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 f...
_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 t...
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...
A STRONG TOWER. — Comp. Proverbs 18:10....
_[Psalms 61:4]_ כִּֽי ־הָיִ֣יתָ מַחְסֶ֣ה לִ֑י מִגְדַּל ־עֹ֝֗ז מִ פְּנֵ֥י אֹויֵֽב׃...
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:...
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...
3._For thou hast been my hope _Here we may suppose, either that he calls to his remembrance such benefits as he had formerly received, or that he congratulates himself upon deliverance which he had pr...
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...
FOR THOU HAST BEEN A SHELTER FOR ME,.... Or "refuge" y, from avenging justice; a hiding place and covert from the storms and tempests of divine wrath; a shadow and a screen from the heat of Satan's fi...
For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy. Ver. 3. _For thou hast been a shelter for me_] Thou hast, and therefore thou wilt, is an ordinary Scripture medium, and well...
_From the end of the earth_ Or rather, _of the land_, to which, it seems, David had been driven by the violence of his enemies; _will I cry unto thee_ And not to other gods, but to thee only. It is ou...
A CONFIDENT PRAYER FOR DIVINE AID. To the chief musician upon Neginah, with the accompaniment upon stringed instruments, a psalm of David....
1-4 David begins with prayers and tears, but ends with praise. Thus the soul, being lifted up to God, returns to the enjoyment of itself. Wherever we are, we have liberty to draw near to God, and may...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 61:3 shelter H4268 strong H5797 tower H4026 from H6440 enemy H341 (H8802) thou - Psalms 4:6-7, Psalms 116:2, Psalms 140:7; Isaiah 46:3-4; 2 Corinthians 1:10 strong -...
HEADING. ‘For the Chief Musician, on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.' This Psalm is also dedicated to the Chief Musician and is to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. It is a Psalm of...
Psalms 61:2 Consider: I. In what sense David could say, "Thou hast been a shelter to me," and then that he was fully justified in concluding, "I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in...
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...
_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 61:6 tie royal well-being to...
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 occu...
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....
2 Corinthians 1:10; Isaiah 46:3; Isaiah 46:4; Proverbs 18:10; Psalms 116:2; Psalms 140:7; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 4:6; Psalms 4:7...