Psalms 61:1,2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whither shall a soul in trouble go, but to the Lord? or to whom shall a soul cry, but to him that is able to save? It is blessed to be sometimes driven to straits, that we may know where our resources are alone to be found. The Reader will do well to observe the expression, from the end of the earth; meaning that no place is so remote, no distance so great, but what may find access to the mercy-seat of a God in Christ. And the sweetest and most encouraging of all thoughts is, that the Lamb is in the midst of the throne, open alike in every direction, and accessible to every comer. Revelation 7:17. But what a blessed view is here given of Christ as the Rock. This is plain from what the Holy Ghost instructed the apostle to tell the church, 1 Corinthians 10:3-4. Reader, do not overlook this in any overwhelmings you may meet with. There can be no safety for a poor buffetted, wave-beaten, and weather-beaten soul, until he is standing upon the Rock Christ Jesus. And do not overlook that blessed lesson also taught in this divine scripture; the poor overwhelmed sinner must be led there, for of himself he can never get there. Gracious God and Father, do thou put me in the clefts of this rock, that Jesus may say to me, O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs. Exodus 33:22; Song of Solomon 2:14.