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 · 2000

From 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 · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

From 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 · 1949

From 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 · 1862

From 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) · 1752

Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

From 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

v.1Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer.

v.2This passage

v.3For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.

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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