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Psalm 61:1-2
New English Translation
Psalm 61:1-2
New English Translation
Psalm 61[a]
For the music director, to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David.
61 O God, hear my cry for help.
Pay attention to my prayer.
2 From the remotest place on earth[b]
I call out to you in my despair.[c]
Lead me[d] up to a rocky summit where I can be safe.[e]
Footnotes
- Psalm 61:1 sn Psalm 61. The psalmist cries out for help and expresses his confidence that God will protect him.
- Psalm 61:2 tn Heb “from the end of the earth.” This may indicate (1) the psalmist is exiled in a distant land, or (2) it may be hyperbolic (the psalmist feels alienated from God’s presence, as if he were in a distant land).
- Psalm 61:2 tn Heb “while my heart faints.”
- Psalm 61:2 tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.
- Psalm 61:2 tn Heb “on to a rocky summit [that] is higher than I.”
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