Psalm 61:2 “From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is fain…”

Psalm 61:2

From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

From the endes of the earth will I crye vnto thee: when mine heart is opprest, bring me vpon the rocke that is higher then I.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“From”

Deuteronomy 4:29 Jonah 2:2–4 Psalm 42:6 Psalm 139:9 Psalm 139:10

Deuteronomy 4:29 · BSB

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Jonah 2:2–4 · BSB

saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

Psalm 42:6 · BSB

O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.

Psalm 139:9 · BSB

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

Psalm 139:10 · BSB

even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

“my heart”

Psalm 77:3 Psalm 142:3 Isaiah 54:11 Psalm 143:4 Psalm 43:5 Psalm 55:5

Psalm 77:3 · BSB

I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

Psalm 142:3 · BSB

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Isaiah 54:11 · BSB

“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Psalm 143:4 · BSB

My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.

Psalm 43:5 · BSB

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 55:5 · BSB

Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

“the rock”

Isaiah 32:2 Psalm 62:6 Psalm 62:2 Psalm 18:46 Psalm 27:5 Psalm 40:2

Isaiah 32:2 · BSB

Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

Psalm 62:6 · BSB

He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

Psalm 62:2 · BSB

He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

Psalm 18:46 · BSB

The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—

Psalm 27:5 · BSB

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

Psalm 40:2 · BSB

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

Also

Psalm 18:2

Psalm 18:2 · BSB

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

3For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.

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