Psalms 61:5
For You, O God, have listened to my vows, || You have appointed the inheritance || Of those fearing Your Name.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
In Context
4I sojourn in Your tent for all ages, || I trust in the secret place of Your wings. Selah.
6You add days to the days of the king, || His years as generation and generation.
Cross References
Psalms 16:5YHWH [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, || You uphold my lot.
Psalms 56:12On me, O God, [are] Your vows, || I repay thank-offerings to You.
Psalms 66:19But God has heard, || He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms 91:2He is saying of YHWH, “My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,”
Malachi 3:16Then have those fearing YHWH spoken to one another, || And YHWH attends and hears, || And a scroll of memorial is written before Him || Of those fearing YHWH, || And of those esteeming His Name.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 61:2-5
Crying to God in Distress. 1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. 2 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. 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. In these verses we may observe, I. David's close adherence and application to God by prayer in the day of his distress and trouble: "Whatever comes, I will cry… Read the whole commentary →