Psalms 61:8

Hope in him, all you⌃ congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our helper. Pause. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

In Context

7+ 61:7 Gr. on. In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God. 1

9But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are + 61:9 Gr. altogether. all alike formed out of vanity. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:20+ 15:20 Gr. it. Whereas you came yesterday, shall I today cause you to travel with us, and shall you thus change your place? you did come forth yesterday, and today shall I set you in motion to go along with us? I indeed will go wherever I may go: return then, and cause your brethren to return with you, and may the Lord deal mercifully and truly with you.

Psalms 40:12But you did help me because of my innocence, and have established me before you for ever. 1

Psalms 79:13The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it. 1

Psalms 145:1My soul, praise the Lord. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 61:6-8

Mercies Recollected. 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. 7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. In these verses we may observe, I. With what pleasure David looks back upon what God had done for him formerly ( v. 5 ): Thou, O God! hast heard my vows,… Read the whole commentary →

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