Isaiah 31:3.]. "The Adam Clarke Commentary". From the remotest place on earth I call out to you in my despair. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. “O Rock, Thou the timeless, the restful, the immutable, let me hide myself in Thee.” Man is but the lichen that would root itself on the unshaken and unshakable. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/psalms-61.html. But this rock is spoken of in our text as "higher than I." Psalm 61 is the perfect psalm to recite to yourself during those times: verse 2 says, “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.” I. David’s resolution. The fundamental passage is Deuteronomy 32:4, and it is parallel to Isaiah 26:4, where “everlasting strength” is in Hebrew, the rock of ages, from which comes our hymn of that title. 2. To give us confidence, to enable us to to forward without faltering or fear, we must have some other reliance than our own strength and efforts, some other trust than our own unaided resources in the fierce warfare with the world, the flesh, and the devil. Daily we come to the Lord with prayers of petition for all types of situations and circumstances of life that we deal with on a daily basis. Compare Psalm 42:3, Psalm 42:6-7. From the end of the earth I will call to thee when my heart is overwhelmed. BibliographyWesley, John. .—Literally, upon the rock lead me, which is probably a constructio prægnans for lead me to the rock too high for me to climb by myself, and place me there. i.e.

If we apply to the creature in our distress, we shall invariably find him but a broken reed [Note: Hosea 5:14. He acknowledges in Christ some one to look up to, superior to any human source; here is humility, (J. D. (C. H. On the contrary, the pressure that is on our minds will, for the most part, increase: or, if the trouble be removed, the removal will prove a heavier judgment than its continuance. Carey.). The other effect is of a different character. New York. No irreligious man, no liver of the lower life, no man sunk in the material, could pray this prayer. He prays himself weary of praying; something or other will in time make him quarrel with that duty, which he never inwardly liked; whereas tim sincere believer hath that in him which makes it impossible he Should quite give over praying, except he should also cease believing. From the end of the earth I will call to thee, in the fainting of my heart: thou wilt lead me into the rock it will be lifted up above me. Thou leddest me forth.

We must have some kind of refuge outside ourselves, if it be but the beggar’s cave. Intellectual strength is a wondrous faculty.

Let us then improve our tranquil hours in securing an establishment on Christ Jesus; that, however suddenly calamities may come, or death may summon us into the presence of our God, we may be found standing immovably on the Rock of ages. For if Jesus were not God as well as Prayer of Manasseh , the God- Prayer of Manasseh , what support could he be to the sinking soul? Many a believer has gone down upon his knees with a broken heart, and has risen with it healed and fully cured. In yonder closet there sits a pale thinker, in body puny almost as an infant, shrinking from the cold, and withering under the heat like a sensitive plant. God, enduring, holy, omnipotent, unchangeable, all-wise. With Him I am everything now. Fleeing from ourselves and from all the terrors that pursue us, bidding farewell to the very sins that seem as inseparable from us as our shadows, we may make our dwelling-place and our abiding home in the brightness of His ever faithful presence. "Commentary on Psalms 61:2". (G. F. Cushman, D. D.). 4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cpc/psalms-61.html. Such was the experience of David himself [Note: Psalms 40:1-3. Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae. The import of the prayer. 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. ), I. Abidance » Who shall abide in the lord’s tabernacle, Abidance » Who shall abide under the shadow of the almighty. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/whe/psalms-61.html.

Hope is one of the last blessings God gives us, and one that abides last with us. Let him pray”--“pray.” It is, perhaps, reasonable, and to a certain extent natural, that men under the pressure of affliction should go down upon their knees, Many a tear has been dried so; and the deeper the sorrow, the more reason there is to cry to God. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. The soul wants something more than what the mere intellect gives; something that can reach the depths of its affections, and strengthen it in its moral weakness. I call to You from the ends of the earth when my heart is without strength. ‘Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.’, How many confessions underlie these words! Lead me to the rock that is higher than I; From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee. Lead me to a rock that is high above me. From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. The meaning here is, that darkness or calamity seemed to have covered or enveloped his soul. There are few of us who, at some time or other of life, have not been occupied in going up certain heights. He sets his pen to the vindication of some truth, and his documents flying abroad, alarm councils, change faiths, and alter polities. Faith does this, because it is able to distinguish between the covenant itself, which is firm, stable, invariable; and the administration of the covenant, which is various and changeable; I mean the outward administration of it. (Comp. This prayer is prompted by a consciousness of need. I. Psalm 61:2-3. See the notes at Psalm 18:2. An error occurred while marking the devotional as read. At last, a huge sea comes rolling on; its white crest of foam can be seen in the distance, and the sailors give up all for lost; on comes the wave, gathering up all its strength till it dashes against the ship, and--down the vessel goes, it is overwhelmed. It is encouraged by past experience (Psalms 61:3).

“overwhelmed.”]. And yet upon some occasion that man will stand up, and his words will run like an electric shock through the hearts of thousands, and they will be swayed by the sheer force of his mind like the leaves of the summer forest. Some one has advised us to go to the ant for a lesson in industry, to the dove to learn innocence, and to the serpent to see wisdom; but let us go to the robin redbreast for a picture of cheerfulness. The elevated rock is a symbol of security, which cannot be obtained without the Divine help. David’s harp was not more out of tune than his heart sometimes; he prayeth, and is helped. Church Pulpit Commentary. These forces of nature have no particular sympathy with us.

From the end of the earth I cry to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the Rock higher than I. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/psalms-61.html. There is no one of us but at some time has felt the need of the Rock that is higher than I. There are three or four circumstances that may befall us in our distress, that faith itself can get no relief against them, but from the essential properties of the nature of God. What can be a finer lesson in patient cheerfulness than the warbling of the robin on your window-sill in a winter morning, when the whole earth is like one hard piece of ice? 1. But it seems far to be separated from the sanctuary. Lead me to the mighty rock high above me. Then you will rise to the grand intention for which you were created, when you mount up higher and higher, into the mind, and the counsel, and the image, and the work, and the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. When my heart is overwhelmed - The word used here - עטף ‛âṭaph - means properly to cover, as with a garment, Psalm 73:6; then, with grain - as a field, Psalm 65:14; then, with darkness or calamity, Psalm 102 title; Isaiah 57:16.

Psalms 61:2 Hear my cry O God, attend to my prayer: This was wise praying from David. A. We need a calm, quiet place, where our heaving thoughts will grow still, and where no external circumstances shall be able to move us greatly. Hence he prayed so fervently, that God would “lead” him to that Rock. Expect what thou mayest; but when thou seest Him, thou wilt say with the Queen of Sheba, “The half was not told me.” Now, as some of you will be exercised with troubles, remember that the Rock is higher than you are; and when your troubles reach you, if you are not high enough to escape them, climb up to the Rock Christ, for there is no trouble that can reach you when you get there. For whither will you flee, where the hand of God cannot reach you; or where the eye of God cannot see you, and witness your every thought, word and deed? Back in the 1970s somebody came up with the idea of worry stones—small, smooth pebbles that people could rub … BibliographyBarnes, Albert. Psalms 61:2 Context 1 (To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David.) I thought of one person. The first thing faith considers in such a condition is the nature of God Himself, and His excellencies. It is possible you may find a few rare instances of men who can make out what is called a scientific religion, and live by it; having a cause for every effect, and a law for every crisis; finding the source of their own suffering at -the end of the scalpel, and counting up their beating pulses by the tick of the watch. Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;My heart is appalled within me. From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. III. The throwing of a shoe over a territory is a sign of taking forcible possession, just as the taking off of the shoe (חליצה) is a sign of the renunciation of one's claim or right: the shoe is in both instances the symbol of legal possession. Are we sorrowing? All your content will be saved and you can seamlessly switch devices. His faith made him do so, for faith makes the heart sensible of affliction, and complain of it unto God, and earnestly endeavour to come near to God. Sorry, an error was encountered while loading the book. And though, at times, religion will enable them to triumph in the midst of all their tribulations, yet its more common operation is, to moderate their grief, to produce resignation in their souls, and to sanctify the affliction to their spiritual advancement. Tucking one leg under his wing to keep it warm, the robin chirps and warbles to us a lesson of unalloyed patience.

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