Psalms 61:6

many generations. from generation to generation.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 61:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou wilt prolong the king’s life - literally, “Days upon the days of the king thou wilt add;” that is, Thou wilt add days to those which thou ha...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou wilt prolong the king's (d) life: [and] his years as many generations. (d) This chiefly refers to Christ, who lives eternally not only in himse...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 e...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Thou shalt add days upon days to the king etc. (407) David cannot be considered as using these words of gratulation with an exclusive re...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. Thou wilt prolong the king's life - The words are very emphatic, and can refe...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou wilt prolong the king's life— Thou wilt add days to the king's days; and to his years generation upon generation. The Chaldee paraphrase add...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 prophe...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 kin...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

If David is the writer he speaks of himself here in the third person: cp. Zedekiah's words in Jeremiah 38:5 . The v. is an assurance rather than a p...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

See margin, and render as a prayer.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 peo...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 li...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou wilt prolong the King's life ,.... Or "add days to the days of the King" a. Meaning either himself, who, though his life was in danger by fight...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou wilt prolong the king's life: [and] his years as many generations. Ver. 6. Thou wilt prolong the king's life] The King Christ, saith the Chald...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mercies Recollected. 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The king's life, i.e. my life. He calls himself king, either, 1. Because he was actually king, though Absalom usurped the throne; or, 2. Becaus...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 Th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.— “ To the Chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Upon Neginah .” Hebrew: Neginath . “The LXX. and Vulg....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 Biblical Illustrator

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 stabi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 obs...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Confident Prayer for Divine Aid. To the chief musician upon Neginah, with the accompaniment upon stringed instruments, a psalm of David.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou wilt prolong the king's life, adding to the days of his own life, and his years as many generations, or, "May his years be as generation and g...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 53:10 ; Psalms 21:4 ; Psalms 21:6 ; Psalms 72:15-17 ; Psalms 89:3 ; Psalms 89:36
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Prolong — The years of my life and reign. Thus he speaks because his kingdom was not like Saul's, but established to him and his heirs; and because...

⁶ Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 61:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 61:6