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Psalm 61

Psa. 61:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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From the end
qatseh (Hebrew #7097)
from 7096; an extremity (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare 7093)
KJV usage: X after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-)finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-)side, X some, ut(-ter-)most (part).
Pronounce: kaw-tseh'
Origin: or (negative only) qetseh {kay'-tseh}
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
will I cry
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
unto thee, when my heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is overwhelmed
`ataph (Hebrew #5848)
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
KJV usage: cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
Pronounce: aw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
i: lead
nachah (Hebrew #5148)
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
KJV usage: bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
Pronounce: naw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
me to the rock
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
that is higher
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
than I.
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Isa. 54:11• 11Thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires; (Isa. 54:11)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 42:6• 6My God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from mount Mizar. (Psa. 42:6)
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Psa. 139:9‑10• 9If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. (Psa. 139:9‑10)
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Deut. 4:29• 29And from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul. (Deut. 4:29)
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Jonah 2:2‑4• 2and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
 3For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
 4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple. (Jonah 2:2‑4)
my heart.
Psa. 43:5• 5Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 43:5)
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Psa. 55:5• 5Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. (Psa. 55:5)
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Psa. 77:3• 3I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. (Psa. 77:3)
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Psa. 142:3• 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then *thou* knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me. (Psa. 142:3)
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Psa. 143:4• 4And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. (Psa. 143:4)
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Isa. 54:11• 11Thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires; (Isa. 54:11)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
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Luke 22:44• 44And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth. (Luke 22:44)
the rock.
Psa. 18:46• 46Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation, (Psa. 18:46)
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Psa. 27:5• 5For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock. (Psa. 27:5)
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Psa. 40:2• 2And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings: (Psa. 40:2)
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Psa. 62:2,6• 2He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.
 6He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be moved. (Psa. 62:2,6)
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Isa. 32:2• 2And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. (Isa. 32:2)
• He is driven out and no ground to hope for human deliverance, and pride is far from him. He bows to God's hand; but he has a resource—God leads him to the rock that is higher than he. Faith gets to what is above circumstances, when nature is overwhelmed by them. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)
• It is the secret of all peace in trial, the rock higher than ourselves. The spies saw themselves grasshoppers. Was God so? The walls were up to heaven—what matter when they tumbled flat down. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)
• The psalmist cries to God from the end of the earth (or “land”). Thus the enemy is in possession of the sanctuary, while the godly man is driven out. Though overwhelmed with distress, the soul sees there is a rock that rises above the floods. (“Psalms 61” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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From the end of the earthd will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for meh.

JND Translation Notes

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As Ps. 58.2.
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Or "which is higher than I."