Psalms 61:1

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 61:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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; bu...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Neginah . smitings. App-65. Title. of David: i.e. relating to David and to the true David.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 con...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 pa...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David fleeth to God upon his former experience: he voweth perpetual service unto him, because of his promises. To the chief musician upon Neginah...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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...
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

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 wit...
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 driv...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear my cry, O God ,.... Being in distress; and which was vocally expressed with great fervency and importunity; attend unto my prayer ; which psa...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Neg...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Crying to God in Distress. To the chief musician upon Neginah. A psalm of...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 ac...
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 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

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 Absal...
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.

¹ Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 61:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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