“ Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. ”
Hear my cry, O God - See the notes at Psalms 5:2 . The word rendered cry in this place sometimes denotes a joyful shout - a shout of triumph; but the connection makes it certain that it here ref...
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 presu...
Neginah . smitings. App-65. Title. of David: i.e. relating to David and to the true David.
1. Hear my cry, O God! It is not exactly ascertained at what time this psalm was composed; but there seems to be some probability in the conjecture, that David had been for a considerable pe...
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. Hear my cry, O God - In the midst of a long and painful captivity, oppressed with suffering, encompa...
David fleeth to God upon his former experience: he voweth perpetual service unto him, because of his promises. To the chief musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Title. נגינת על למנצח l...
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. Psalms 61:1-8 -Two strophes separated by Selah. Prayer in extreme distress; confidence of safety under God's wings ( Psalms 61:1-4 ); ground of con...
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 assign...
Psalms 61:1-8 THE situation of the singer in this psalm is the same as in Psalms 63:1-11 . In both he is an exile longing for the sanctuary, and in both "the king" is referred to in a way which l...
Safe under God's Protection Psalms 61:1-8 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...
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 6...
CONTENTS This Psalm is but short, though sweet. The heart is in heaviness in the opening of it, but finds comfort before it closeth. In using it with reference to Christ, it promiseth rich consolati...
Hear my cry, O God ,.... Being in distress; and which was vocally expressed with great fervency and importunity; attend unto my prayer ; which psalm was made by him, and not for him; inwrought in...
Psalms 61:1 «To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David. » Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. To the chief Musician upon Neginah, &c. ] Vincenti in melodiis Davidis (Va...
Crying to God in Distress. To the chief musician upon Neginah. A psalm of David. 1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto...
PSALM 61 THE ARGUMENT The occasion of this Psalm was some great distress of David s, either by Saul or by Absalom, though it might be composed some time after it was past. David, in great danger, f...
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...
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 o...
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-ea...
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...
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 kin...
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer, the plea being all the more urgent since David at that time, probably on account of the rebellion of Absalom, was cut off from his usual privileges, particu...
Philippians 4:6 ; Psalms 130:2 ; Psalms 17:1 ; Psalms 28:2 ; Psalms 4:1 ; Psalms 5:1-3 ; Psalms 54:1 ; Psalms 55:1 ; Psalms 55:2 ; Psalms 6:1