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Psalms 61:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 61:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 61:25 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁמְעָ֣/הšiməʿāh
hear !verbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
רִנָּתִ֑/יrinātiy
cry of entreaty mynounH7440
gladness · joy · proclamation · rejoicing ···
הַ֝קְשִׁ֗יבָ/הhaqəšiybāh
pay attention to !verbH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
תְּפִלָּתִֽ/יtəpilātiy
prayer mynounH8605
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 61:2

1. The title of it does not detain us. For it is Unto the end, in hymns, to David himself. “In hymns,” to wit in praises. “Unto the end,” to wit unto Christ....But the voice in this Psalm (if we are among the members of Him, and in the Body, even as upon His exhortation we have the boldness to trust) we ought to acknowledge to be our own, not that of any foreigner. But I have not so called it our own, as if it were of those only that are now in presence; but our own, as being…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 61
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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