Psalm 61:2 {60:3}
Good News Translation
In despair and far from home I call to you! Take me to a safe refuge,

New Revised Standard Version
From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I;

Contemporary English Version
I feel hopeless, and I cry out to you from a faraway land. Lead me to the mighty rock high above me.

New American Bible
From the ends of the earth I call; my heart grows faint. Raise me up, set me on a rock,

Douay-Rheims Bible
To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;

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To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;

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Psalm 42:6 And my God. My soul is troubled within my self: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and Hermoniim, from the little hill.

Psalm 139:9,10 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: . . .

Deuteronomy 4:29 And when thou shalt seek there the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him: yet so, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and all the affliction of thy soul.

Jonah 2:2-4 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the fish. . . .

my heart

Psalm 43:5 To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me?

Psalm 55:5 Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.

Psalm 77:3 I remembered God, and was delighted, and was exercised, and my spirit swooned away.

Psalm 142:3 When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me.

Psalm 143:4 And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.

Isaiah 54:11 O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,

Mark 14:33,34 And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy. . . .

Luke 22:44 And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.

the rock

Psalm 18:46 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Psalm 27:5 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

Psalm 40:2 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Psalm 62:2,6 For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be moved no more. . . .

Isaiah 32:2 And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.

Context
You Have Heard My Vows
1Unto the end, in hymns, for David. [2] Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer. 2To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;3For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.…
Cross References
Exodus 33:21
And again he said: Behold there is a place with me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock.

Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

Psalm 42:6
And my God. My soul is troubled within my self: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and Hermoniim, from the little hill.

Psalm 77:3
I remembered God, and was delighted, and was exercised, and my spirit swooned away.

Psalm 94:22
But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.

Psalm 61:1
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