Psalms 61:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee - This language is derived from the idea that the earth is one extended plain, and that it has lim...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

From (a) the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is (b) higher than I. (a) From the plac...
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

the earth: or, the land. that is higher than I . which will prove higher.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 598 ADVICE TO THE AFFLICTED Psalms 61:2 . From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. From the end of the earth...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

From the end of the earth— From the extremity of the land will I cry unto thee, now, when my heart is sinking. Conduct me up to the rock which is...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. From the end of the...
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

The end of the earth ] or perhaps 'of the land.' Jerusalem is the centre, absence from which is banishment. The rock that is higher than I ] 'a...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From the end. of the earth... — A hyperbolic expression for a great distance. Isaiah ( Isaiah 5:26 ) uses the expression of Assyria, and it would b...
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

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE ROCK OF AGES ‘Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.’ Psalms 61:2 How many confessions underlie these words! Blindness, else David wou...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee ,.... Where he now was, as is observed on the title, Psalms 61:1 : though he was distant from his ow...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I. Ver. 2. From the ends o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
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

Of the earth; or rather, of the land ; to which David was driven by the tyranny of his enemies. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I; conve...
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....
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 61:2 How many confessions underlie these words. Blindness, else David would not have said, "Lead me." Weakness, otherwise he would not have...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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, "...
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

From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Reek that is higher than I. David’s refuge This ps...
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

From the end of the earth, places remote from the Sanctuary, to which he was now banished, will I cry unto Thee when my heart is overwhelmed, liter...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The end — To which David was driven. Lead me — Convey me into some high and secure fortress.

² From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 61:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 61:2