Psalms 61:2

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“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.”

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 61:2 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:29But 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.
  2. Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
  3. Psalms 18:2The 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.
  4. Psalms 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
  5. Psalms 27:5For 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.
  6. Psalms 40:2He 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.
  7. Psalms 42:6O 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.
  8. Psalms 43:5Why 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.
  9. Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
  10. Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
  11. Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
  12. Psalms 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
  13. Psalms 139:9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
  14. Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
  15. Psalms 143:4My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
  16. Isaiah 32:2Each 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.
  17. Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
  18. Jonah 2:2saying: “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.
  19. Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
  20. Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

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