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Psalm 61:2 (KJV)

“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.”

Psalm 61:2 · King James Version

Psalm 61:2 is verse of the day number 202 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “The rock that is higher”. It comes from Psalm 61, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.

Psalm 61:2 in other translations

  • 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 (BSB)

  • 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 (ASV)

Psalm 61:2 in context

Psalm 61:1–5 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.

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

2From 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.

3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

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Cross-references for Psalm 61:2

Passages most often linked to Psalm 61:2, strongest connections first.

  • The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

  • And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  • He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

  • But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

  • He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

  • I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  • The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

  • For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

  • When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

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Scripture text: King James Version, Berean Standard Bible and American Standard Version (public domain).