Psalms 61:6 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 61:6

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

KJV

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ASV

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

DBT

Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations.

WEB

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

YLT

Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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8 verses on the floor

Psalms 21:4
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Psalms 89:36–37
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Psalms 21:6
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Psalms 72:15–17
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices4

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

), but that refers to the King Messiah. David, in this psalm, resolves to persevere in his duty, encouraged thereto both by his experience an by his expectations.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

So that, in singing this psalm, we may find that which is very expressive both of our faith and of our hope, of our prayers and of our praises; and some passages in this psalm are very peculiar.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): Thou shalt prolong the king's life. This may be understood either, 1. If it was penned before he came to the crown, yet, being anointed by Samuel, and knowing what God had spoken in his holiness, he could in faith call himself the king, though now persecuted as an out-law; or perhaps it was penned when Absalom sought to dethrone him, and force him into exile.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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