Ignorant persons might conceive of God as necessarily confined to the outward tabernacle, but David only improved this symbol of the Divine presence as a means of elevating the spiritual exercises of his faith. Psalm 62:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8. For You have been a shelter and a refuge for me, A strong tower against the enemy. With their usual meaning, this is true. BibliographyBarnes, Albert. He comes forth with His strong right hand to destroy this nest of robbers. KJ21. 3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Psalm 61:3 - Bible Gateway. Psalm 61 was written by David at a time when he was far from home and safety. AMPC. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. "Calvin's Commentary on the Bible". 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. 3.For thou hast been my hope Here we may suppose, either that he calls to his remembrance such benefits as he had formerly received, or that he congratulates himself upon deliverance which he had presently experienced. It is in this way that we would have you live over again times and seasons of extraordinary mercies, in order that you may be nerved for extraordinary trials. But when I got up to the very safest place of all, there I found a most pleasant little cottage; the ivy grew on the thatch, the jessamine and rose hung about the porch, a bird was singing merrily over the door, and from within came the happy laugh of children. It is the history of himself, and there is a reality about it to convince, which the history of another can scarcely ever have. Thou hast been— A remembrance of former mighty perils and deliverances. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. Ver. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged". What the Messiah will do. Psalm 62:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8. Hear my cry, O God;listen to my prayer. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. Why should she recoil from the new trial as certainly more than she can bear, when she has the memory of support given her in her former affliction? There is much probability in either supposition. "For thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower" (Psalms 61:3). Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". a tower of strength against the foe. With stringed instruments. 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". Psalms 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me Or "refuge" F25 , from avenging justice; a hiding place and covert from the storms and tempests of divine wrath; a shadow and a screen from the heat of Satan's fiery darts, and the blast of his terrible temptations, ( Isaiah 25:4 ) ; I shall, I doubt not, … Psalms 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. 3 From the ends of the earth * I call;. a 5 Let me dwell in your tent forever,. Psalm 61:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here. Selah. " Strive to acquire the habit of noting and recording the blessings you receive; so that you may have, as it were, books to which to refer. (Psalm 63:7, King James Version) He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. "Commentary on Psalms 61:3". (H. Melvill, B. D.). He would seem rather to be rejoicing in restoration already obtained, than assuaging his grief by anticipation of it in the future; and this will be still more apparent, when we come to consider the immediate context. There is no fault to be found with it, except that it does not take the highest ground. BibliographyGill, John. David is recognized as the author of this psalm, and he frequently found himself in situations where the entire world was against him. "Commentary on Psalms 61:3". Ver. We speak of Him as the Being who has watched over us from infancy Upwards; and we argue that He who has bestowed so many blessings Will surely not forsake us if we will trust in His protection. Maybe David wrote verses 6 - 8 so that people could pray for the new king when David was dead! https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ebc/psalms-61.html. For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Psalms 61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. In times of danger and difficulty he quickly fled for refuge into the safe-keeping of his Shield and Defender. Let mercies be remembered as well as enjoyed, and they must be as lights in our dark days, and as shields in our perilous. Psalm 61:3, NASB: "For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy." Hundreds, probably thousands, of campers have come to Camp Wyoming in the summer and sat around the campfire, singing these words and reflecting on their … The mercies, therefore, that memory adduces cannot have exhausted Him; otherwise He were not Almighty; nay, they actually pledge Him to assist me, otherwise He were not unchangeable. ( Psalm 91:4 , King James Version ) Use the shelter of God for prayer, for comfort, for times of grief, for thanksgiving, for praise, and whatever other circumstances you are placed in. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/psalms-61.html. BibliographyClarke, Adam. 3. Psalm 61:1 In Hebrew texts 61:1-8 is numbered 61:2-9. 1874-1909. We are not anxious about the method, but only as to the thing. There was strength, and there was comfort too. John Trapp Complete Commentary. On a stringed instrument. God comforted her then; why not now? Those hast been a shelter for me - During the whole duration of the captivity God marvellously dealt with the poor Jews; so that, although they were cast down, they were not utterly forsaken. "Commentary on Psalms 61:3". There is not a converted man who has not such a book--the book of his own experience, on whose pages are inscribed the unnumbered things that God has done for himself. III. In times of disappointment and distress he raced into the safety of his strong Fortress and hid under the shadow of God’s protective wings. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. 1905. To him that presides upon Neginah; a Psalm of David.. "Commentary on Psalms 61:3". And strong tower from the enemy - See the notes at Psalm 18:2. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 1840-57. Remember that the children wanted such a refuge just as much as the grown-up people did. As men cry, "Long live the king, "so we hail with acclamation our enthroned Immanuel, and cry, "Let mercy and truth preserve him." 1871-8. I cannot altogether agree with those who think that David was still in his state of exile from his native country when this was written, and is merely to be understood as promising to himself the certainty of his return. 1905-1909. Psalm 61:3-4 New International Version (NIV) 3 For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe. For thou hast been a shelter for me,.... Or "refuge"F25מחסה "asylum", Tigurine version, Vatablus; "perfagium", Cocceius; "refugium", Michaelis. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. 62:7, "the rock of my strength" 61:4 Psalm 61:4 has two COHORTATIVE VERBS. After being plucked from his father’s flocks and assigned to be a bodyguard and musician for King Saul, David was constantly sent out into battle and eventually hunted down by the king himself. “For thou hast been a shelter for me, anda strong tower from the enemy.”. [ a] my heart grows faint. Perfectly Positioned... For A Reset Series. Hear my cry, O god; attend to my prayer. John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, For thou hast been a shelter… a strong tower—, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures. For Thou hast been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the enemy. (a) God had thus shown that he had power to deliver him; and. For thou hast been a shelter… a strong tower—A bringing out the figure of “the rock… higher than I,” in previous verse. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/psalms-61.html. For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.O God, listen to my cry!Hear my prayer!From the ends of the earth,I cry to you for helpwhen my heart is overwhelmed. If it be not sound, and God, though He once loved us and sought to do us good, doth now no longer love us, then He, the unchangeable must have changed. Psalms 61:2 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. Psalms 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. “The psalm is…[so] Messianic that the everlasting kingdom of the Christ alone fulfils its prayer.” (Maclaren) iii. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock … Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. “The promises of the Lord have found their focus in the messiahship of Jesus the Christ, whose rule is established by the promise and reward of the Father (Ephesians 4:7-13).” (VanGemeren) The Almighty power goes around us to defend us, and the arms that encircle us are the arms of Love, (Mark Guy Pearse.). Nor is this the only enemy that makes us need the strong tower. For thou hast been a shelter for me] Thou hast, and therefore thou wilt, is an ordinary Scripture medium, and well it may; for God is unchangeable, and his decree for preserving his people is (as the poet saith well) ου παλιναγρε τον, Irrevocable. 1 For the leader; with stringed instruments. For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy. Past mercies inspire confidence for the future. Psalm 61:3 German Bible Alphabetical: a against been enemy foe For have me my of refuge strength strong the tower you OT Poetry: Psalm 61:3 For you have been a refuge (Psalm Ps Psa.) Psalm 61#In Hebrew texts 61:1-8 is numbered 61:2-9.For the director of music. He was at the very ends of ‘the earth; his heart was overwhelmed; but as soon as he remembered how God had delivered and shielded him before, he was at once confident that the wings of his protection were stretched over him still. ASV. For thou hast been a shelter for me - and always art so. 59:16; here a refuge linked to a "tower of strength" (cf. 1870. 1909-1922. BibliographyExell, Joseph S. "Commentary on "Psalms 61:3". I. By the words which immediately follow, he shows that he did not, like too many uninformed persons, attach a superstitious importance to the mere externals of religion, adding, that he found his safety under the shadow of God’s wings. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. 1832. All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario.A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855. And note, too, the striking expression of St. Paul, “I know whom I have believed.” It was no mere report or hearsay with him, that God was a merciful Father, or Christ a powerful Saviour. 1865-1868. Raise me up, set me on a rock, 4 for you are my refuge,. and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. And consider St. Paul’s argument: “He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” The apostle here makes the great fact of human redemption--a redemption of which all men, without exception, are the subjects--a reason why God should bestow upon us whatsoever is good; or rather, an evidence that He cannot be willing to withhold from us any real benefit. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfb/psalms-61.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tbi/psalms-61.html. We must run away at once and hide ourselves in Jesus. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cal/psalms-61.html. Psalm 60:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here. “I will trust in the covert of Thy wings” (Psalms 61:4). take refuge in the shelter of your wings. 3. 1999. shelter … and strong tower — repeat the same sentiment. Thus will life be to eternity what the past is now to the future, the supplying motive to a yet heartier rejoicing in the Lord our God. Psalm 62:7 Or / God Most High is my salvation and my honor Assurance of God’s Eternal Protection - To the Chief Musician. For it is not every man, who, like David, has been wondrously delivered from the vicious, uncicumcised Philistine, and who can therefore say of his Maker, “Thou hast been a shelter for me.” Still every man may say this, though he may be quite unable to trace any single interposition, or speak of special instances in which he has been secured by the shelter of the Almighty--every man may say it, because he has had a share in the general providence of God, having been fed by His bounty, and guarded by His power. BibliographyBullinger, Ethelbert William. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. "E.W. Let us, then, show the soundness of David’s argument. 18:30; Pro. The enemy would have carried them away as slaves, or perhaps have killed them. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Psalm 61:1-3. II. And if we did the like, then we should not be, as we too often are, dismayed by the prospect of any new trial, or as much disheartened by the pressure of some new burden, as though we never had experienced the supports and consolations which the Almighty can bestow. You will find the words always and *for ever in this psalm. From the ends of the earth I call to you,I What a beautiful relationship king David had with the Lord. (b) it might be expected that God who is unchangeable, and who had interposed, would manifest the same traits of character still, and would not leave him now. The mother who has lost a child, and yet has been enabled, when that child was carried forth to the burial, to exclaim, “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord”--what right has she to be confounded or dismayed when another child seems sickening, as though it were about to die? Perhaps he recollected how he had been saved from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear--how wonderfully he had been enabled to smite down the uncircumcised Philistine; and then, remembering that God was still the same God, he took courage, and felt it impossible that he could now be deserted. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Christians should study the history of eminent saints, in order that, through observing what deliverances have been wrought for others, they may be encouraged to expect deliverance for themselves. And strong tower from the enemy - See the notes at Psalm 18:2. and a strong tower from the enemy: from Satan the devouring lion, from furious persecutors, and every other enemy; see Proverbs 18:10; and this experience the psalmist had of protection from the Rock in former times made him desirous of being led to it now. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/psalms-61.html. "Commentary on Psalms 61:3". It would never have done for the mother to have left her little child, or the father his boys and maidens. There was safety, and loving care. PSALM 61 * Prayer of the King in Time of Danger. A Psalm of David. ; From the end of the earth I cry to you; when my heart fails lead me to the Rock that is higher than I. a refuge linked to a shield in 2 Sam. Pro. "Commentary on Psalms 61:3". 18:10) in Ps. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 31, 2020. based on 1 … (b) it might be expected that God who is unchangeable, and who had interposed, would manifest the same traits of character still, and would not leave him now. For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name. Of David. Psalms 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy. Whenever temptation comes to you remember that none of us can fight this enemy by ourselves. Browse Sermons on Psalm 61:1-3. And so is it in the Lord’s strong tower. 61:3 Much of the imagery used to describe God has military connotations. The feelings sometimes are full of anger and hatred, like those cruel men. It is generally to God as a God of providence, rather than of salvation, that reference is made. For thou hast been a shelter for me - A place of refuge; a place where I have found safety. "Commentary on Psalms 61:3". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/psalms-61.html. Psalm 62:1 In Hebrew texts 62:1-12 is numbered 62:2-13. Used by Permission. listen to my prayer! For Thou hast been a shelter to me, and a strong tower from the enemy. It begins with his desperate cry to God. "The Adam Clarke Commentary". New York. BibliographyCalvin, John. Our tempers perhaps are passionate, and set us all on fire, like robbers used to do to the cottages and homes of the people. We care not whether or not you do what many have done--accustom yourselves to the keeping a diary in which to register the incidents of life. We have often to run away from ourselves. Now for them too the Lord is a strong tower. Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Its title may be said to have been written on the day of conversion, and each following page on every succeeding day. 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