“ For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. ”
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 plead...
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...
shelter . refuge.
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...
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Those hast been a shelter for me - During the whole duration of the captivity God marvellously dealt with the poor Jews; so t...
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 f...
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...
A strong tower. — Comp. Proverbs 18:10 .
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...
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...
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...
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 wel...
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 o...
Crying to God in Distress. To the chief musician upon Neginah. A psalm of David. 1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto...
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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...
Psalms 61:2-4 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 tr...
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...
A Confident Prayer for Divine Aid. To the chief musician upon Neginah, with the accompaniment upon stringed instruments, a psalm of David.
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