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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Psalms 61:5

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 Judges 11:30,31. Thou hast allotted me my portion with and amongst them that fear and worship thee, who are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight; and upon that account I must acknowledge it to thy praise, that the lines are fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage, Psalms 16:3,6. Thou hast granted me this singular mercy, to live in God's land, and to enjoy his presence and favour, and to worship in his tabernacle; which is the heritage that I and all that fear thee prize and desire above all things in the world.

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See also Psalms 61:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 61:5. _HAST HEARD MY VOWS_] Often have I purposed to be wholly thine, -to serve thee alone, - to give up my whole life to thy service: and thou hast heard me, and taken me at my word; an...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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. In some way David had the assurance that those vows and...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 61-68 Psalms 61 The Identification of the King with His People _ 1. His cry and their cry (Psalms 61:1)_ 2. His answer and exaltation (Psalms 61:5) The following eight Psalms are grouped to...

  • 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 ends with a prayer for the king. The Exile is presuppo...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FEAR. revere. THY NAME. Thee. See note on Psalms 20:1....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _host heard my vows_ Vows accompanied by prayers. _thou hast given_me _the heritage of those that fear thy name Me_is not in the original; and it is best to supply the remoter object of the verb from...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Such prayers David can offer in confidence, for his prayers have already been partially answered. He can look forward in faith to the fulfilment of the promises God has made to His king, and he will s...

  • 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 here begins to acknowledge how God had granted the petit...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 61 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Psalmist, in Banishment, Prays for Restoration. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 61:1-4, Prayer for Restoration based on Past Mercies. Stanza II., Psalms 61:5-8, Prayer fo...

  • 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 prophetic Word of God (2 Samuel 7:1), which guarantees to him...

  • 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 name.' This may mean that Absalom's rebellion has been cru...

  • 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 king. In the former case it would naturally be assigne...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • 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; Proverbs 19:23), and particularly to Israel (Deuteronomy...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 61:6]_ כִּֽי ־אַתָּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ לִ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 61:1 THE situation of the singer in this psalm is the same as in Psalms 63:1. In both he is an exile longing for the sanctuary, and in both "the king" is referred to in a way which leaves his i...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SAFE UNDER GOD'S PROTECTION Psalms 61:1 This psalm was probably composed at the time of Absalom's rebellion, when David was a fugitive from the Tabernacle that he loved. There are two stanzas. _ PR...

  • 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 people. The reference to the king, in verse Psalms 61:...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 faith more than the memory of God's help in times pas...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Price. Septuagint, St. Hilary, &c., "my honour." They wish to dethrone me, and to represent me as unfit to govern. --- I ran. Septuagint Greek: edramon, "they ran" likewise, as Hebrew implies, and as...

  • 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 hiding place, and the covert, and the strong tower, and...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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 joy which he experienced arose from the circumstance of Go...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 61. The main point of all these psalms is trust in God when all is against the godly One. The more all circumstances are adverse, the more God is trusted in; but Christ shines through all as ta...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 vows in trouble, when prayer was made to the Lord for h...

  • 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_] _i.e._ My prayers, which had vows of thankfulness an...

  • 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 difficulty. Thou hast taken notice of them; thou hast ac...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A CONFIDENT PRAYER FOR DIVINE AID. To the chief musician upon Neginah, with the accompaniment upon stringed instruments, a psalm of David....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 spiritual blessings of Israel....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-8 There is a people in the world that fear God's name. There is a heritage peculiar to that people; present comforts in the soul, earnests of future bliss. Those that fear God have enough in him, a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 61:5 God H430 heard H8085 (H8804) vows H5088 given H5414 (H8804) heritage H3425 fear H3373 name...

  • 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 THAT HE WILL CONTINUALLY PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD AND FU...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Encouraged by experiences and expectation, David calls on God for further deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Past experiences of the benefit of trusting God implicity should...

  • 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 will I cry unto thee;_ that is, from the north-east e...

  • 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 world, but even as to temporal good, they are often ab...

  • 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 sad heart in the time of its trouble, that the troubl...

  • 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 same idea can be found in all languages. When Davi...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 61:1. This psalm could be considered both an individual lament and a communal lament. It asks for God’s help in times of trouble. Verses Psalms 61

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—_“_To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_Upon Neginah_.” Hebrew: _Neginath_. “The LXX. and Vulg., evidently read _Neginoth_ in the plural, which occur...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 obscure, especially in its later portion, where a king is s...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now to the sixty-first psalm for our beginning of our Bible study this evening. Psalms 61:1-8. Hear my cry, O Lord (Psalms 61:1); Now in the Hebrew, this word for cry is very intense. I...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 10:35; Malachi 3:16; Psalms 115:13; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 16:6;...

  • 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 heritage that all that fear thee, prize and desire abo...

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