The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 61:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee. Eastern hyperbole may call the Trans-Jordanic territory "the end of the earth," but certainly the expression would be more natural in the mouth of an exile in Assyria, Media, or Babylon.

When my heart is overwhelmed; or, "when my heart fainteth" (comp. Psalms 107:5). Lead me to the rock that is higher than I rather, that is too high for me—that I cannot reach unaided. Some regard the "rock" as Mount Zion; but others, more reasonably, explain it as "God himself" (see Psalms 62:2, Psalms 62:6, Psalms 62:7).

"Let thy grace lead me to thee" (Kay).

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