Psalms 61:5

Acts 10:35; Malachi 3:16-18; Psalms 115:13; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 16:6; Psalms 56:12; Psalms 65:1; Psalms 66:19

Related Commentaries of Psalms 61:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows - That is, my prayers accompanied with solemn pledges or promises that I will devote myself to thy service. I...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thou, O God, (c) hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name. (c) There is nothing that strengthens our fa...
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

fear . revere. Thy name . Thee. See note on Psalms 20:1 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. For thou, O God! hast heard my vows. He here shows the grounds upon which he had spoken of his abiding under the wings of God. The sudden...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. Hast heard my vows - Often have I purposed to be...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will abide in thy tabernacle, &c.— David's danger seems to have been over before he had finished this psalm; and therefore, after a pause, he...
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

Vows ] here stand for the prayers which accompanied them. Thou hast given me , etc.] RM 'Thou hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy n...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Heritage. — As the Authorised Version runs, the heritage is length of days, one promised generally to those who fear Jehovah ( Proverbs 10:27 ;...
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

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

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows ,.... Or "my prayers", as the Septuagint and other versions. Vows are so called, because it was usual to make vo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name. Ver. 5. For thou, O God, hast heard my vows ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows My fervent prayers, attended with vows and promises, as was usual, especially in cases of great danger or diffi...
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

My vows; my fervent prayers, attended with many vows and promises, as was usual, especially in cases of great danger or difficulty, Genesis 28:20...
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

I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of Thy wings. Comfort in exile 1. The Lord can give such satisfaction to a...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear Thy name. Our heritage So, then, they that fear God have an heritage. Not, perhaps, in this...
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

For Thou, O God, hast heard my vows, those connected with his prayer; Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear Thy name, a part in the sp...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Heritage — Thou hast granted me this singular mercy, to live in God's land, to enjoy his presence, and to worship in his tabernacle; which is the h...

⁵ For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 61:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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