Psalms 61:2
What does Psalms 61:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 61:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
KJV
King James Version · 1611From 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 14:33
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.
- Psalms 42:6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
- Psalms 18:2
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Psalms 40:2
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- Isaiah 54:11
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
- Jonah 2:2
And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.
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