Psalms 61:6 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 61:6

Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Thou wilt prolong the king’s life; His years shall be as many generations.

KJV

Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thou wilt prolong the King's life,.... Or "add days to the days of the King" (a). Meaning either himself, who, though his life was in danger by fighting with the Syrians and Edomites, or rather through the conspiracy of his son; yet was assured that he should yet live many years more, and especially in his posterity; and that his kingdom would be established for ever, as was promised him, 2Sa 7:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Prolong - The years of my life and reign. Thus he speaks because his kingdom was not like Saul's, but established to him and his heirs; and because Christ, his son and heir, should actually, and in his own person possess the kingdom forever. Before God - Living and ruling as in God's presence, serving God and worshipping him in his tabernacle.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

Thou wilt prolong the king's life; or, better, "days to the days of the King thou wilt add." Death threatened, but God preserved his beloved. David, considering his many perils, enjoyed a long and prosperous reign. And his years as many generations. He lived to see generation after generation personally; in his descendants he lived as king through a very long period; his dynasty continued for many generations; and in Christ Jesus, his seed and son, spiritually David reigns on evermore.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יָמִ֣ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
יְמֵי־	ye.mei-	[the] days of	H3117 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king	H4428 →
תּוֹסִ֑יף	to.Sif	you will add	H3254 →
שְׁ֝נוֹתָ֗יו	She.no.Tav	years his	H8141 →
כְּמוֹ־	ke.mov-	[be] like	H3644 →
דֹ֥ר	dor	a generation	H1755 →
וָדֹֽר׃	va.Dor	and a generation	H1755 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Romans 8:32
  He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- Zechariah 13:7
  Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against…
Through
Psalms 21:6
For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
leads to
- Acts 2:28
  You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
- Psalms 45:7
  You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Through
Psalms 21:4
He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
leads to
- Psalms 91:16
  With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
- Revelation 1:18
  the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms