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Psalms 61:1-7
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(60-1) <Unto the end, in hymns, for David.> (60-2) Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer.
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(60-3) To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;
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(60-4) For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.
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(60-5) In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.
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(60-6) For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.
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(60-7) Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.
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(60-8) He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?
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Psalms 61:1-7 Meaning and Commentary
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David. "Neginah" is either the beginning of a song, as Aben Ezra; or the musical note or tune of one: or rather the name of a musical instrument, which was touched by the hand, or with a quill or bow. It is the singular of "neginoth," See Gill on "Ps 4:1." This psalm was written by David, when at the end of the earth, or land of Judea, as appears from Psalm 61:2; either when he was fighting with the Syrians, as R. Obadiah, and so was composed about the same time with the former; or when he was in the land of the Philistines, being obliged to fly there from Saul, as Kimchi and others: or rather after he himself was king, since mention is made of the king in it; and when he fled from his son Absalom, and passed over to the other side of Jordan, and came to Mahanaim, 2 Samuel 17:22; where very probably he wrote this psalm. In it respect is had to the Messiah, as in Psalm 61:2; though Arama thinks it was composed after the prophecy came to Nathan that David should not build the temple; see Psalm 61:4.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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