Psalm 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.

English Standard Version
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer;

New American Standard Bible
For the choir director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; Give heed to my prayer.

King James Bible
[[To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David.]] Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Davidic. God, hear my cry; pay attention to my prayer.

International Standard Version
God, hear my cry; pay attention to my prayer.

American Standard Version
Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, in hymns, for David. Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer,

Darby Bible Translation
{To the chief Musician. On a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my cry; attend unto my prayer.

Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer, on stringed instruments. -- By David. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer.

Cross References

Psalm 17:1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

Psalm 27:7
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also on me, and answer me.

Psalm 55:1
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication.

Psalm 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Psalm 86:6
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Psalm 102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

61:1-4 David begins with prayers and tears, but ends with praise. Thus the soul, being lifted up to God, returns to the enjoyment of itself. Wherever we are, we have liberty to draw near to God, and may find a way open to the throne of grace. And that which separates us from other comforts, should drive us nearer to God, the fountain of all comfort. Though the heart is overwhelmed, yet it may be lifted up to God in prayer. Nay, I will cry unto thee, for by that means it will be supported and relieved. Weeping must quicken praying, and not deaden it. God's power and promise are a rock that is higher than we are. This rock is Christ. On the Divine mercy, as on a rock, David desired to rest his soul; but he was like a ship-wrecked sailor, exposed to the billows at the bottom of a rock too high for him to climb without help. David found that he could not be fixed on the Rock of salvation, unless the Lord placed him upon it. As there is safety in Him, and none in ourselves, let us pray to be led to and fixed upon Christ our Rock. The service of God shall be his constant work and business: all must make it so who expect to find God their shelter and strong tower. The grace of God shall be his constant comfort.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

PSALM 61

Ps 61:1-8. Neginah—or, Neginoth (see on [602]Ps 4:1, title). Separated from his usual spiritual privileges, perhaps by Absalom's rebellion, the Psalmist prays for divine aid, and, in view of past mercies, with great confidence of being heard.

1-3. From the end—that is, places remote from the sanctuary (De 28:64).