Psalm 61
Theme
Assurance of God's Eternal Protection
Outline
1-3, David flees to God upon his former experience. 4-8, He vows perpetual service unto him, because of his promises.
Key Verse
(61:2) From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (61:1) Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
Notes
Psalm 61 is a briefly stated ABA prayer. In (61:1–3), David cries out to be heard by God because God is his refuge and tower of strength. In (61:4–5), David communicates his hope ever to dwell in the Lord’s presence, thereby receiving what those who fear God inherit. David then makes a smooth transition from prayer for himself in response to his own experience to prayer for the king God promised to raise up from his line in (61:6–8), where he calls on God to keep his promises that he himself might praise God’s name forever.