## Psalms Chapter 61

###### Psalms 61:1
[Psalms 61:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ׀עַֽל־נְגִינַ֬ת לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, on strings, Of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor of the singing, [a psalm] of David.


###### Psalms 61:2
[Psalms 61:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:2)

שִׁמְעָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִנָּתִ֑י הַ֝קְשִׁ֗יבָה תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear, O G d, my song. Give heed to my prayer.


###### Psalms 61:3
[Psalms 61:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:3)

מִקְצֵ֤ה הָאָ֨רֶץ**׀** אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֶ֭קְרָא בַּעֲטֹ֣ף לִבִּ֑י בְּצוּר־יָר֖וּם מִמֶּ֣נִּי תַנְחֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
From the end of the earth I will cry to Thee, when my heart faints. lead me to the rock that is too high for me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(Although I find myself)] from the ends of the earth [i.e., very far from those who would battle against my enemies], upon You do I call when my heart fails [(because of their absence)]. [My prayer:] Lead me over a rock [i.e., a foe] raised above me [i.e., stronger than I].


###### Psalms 61:4
[Psalms 61:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:4)

כִּֽי־הָיִ֣יתָ מַחְסֶ֣ה לִ֑י מִגְדַּל־עֹ֝֗ז מִפְּנֵ֥י אוֹיֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You were [ever] a shelter to me, a tower of strength against the foe.


###### Psalms 61:5
[Psalms 61:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:5)

אָג֣וּרָה בְ֭אׇהׇלְךָ עוֹלָמִ֑ים אֶ֥חֱסֶ֨ה בְסֵ֖תֶר כְּנָפֶ֣יךָ סֶּֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will abide in Thy tent for ever: I will trust in the covert of Thy wings. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let me dwell in Your tent forever [(in this world and the next)]; let me find shelter in the covert of Your wings forever.


###### Psalms 61:6
[Psalms 61:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:6)

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ לִנְדָרָ֑י נָתַ֥תָּ יְ֝רֻשַּׁ֗ת יִרְאֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou, O God, hast heard my vows: Thou hast granted the heritage of those who fear Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You, O G d, have [ever] heard my vows. You have restored [through me] the inheritance of the fearers of Your name.


###### Psalms 61:7
[Psalms 61:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:7)

יָמִ֣ים עַל־יְמֵי־מֶ֣לֶךְ תּוֹסִ֑יף שְׁ֝נוֹתָ֗יו כְּמוֹ־דֹ֥ר וָדֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Prolong the king’s life: may his years be as many generations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Therefore,] add [more] days over the [decreed] days of the king [David], [so that] his years [be as those of all] the generations [i.e., seventy years].


###### Psalms 61:8
[Psalms 61:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:8)

יֵשֵׁ֣ב ע֭וֹלָם לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים חֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת מַ֣ן יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
May he be enthroned before God for ever: O appoint love and truth, that they may preserve him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let him always sit before G d. Let [the] lovingkindness and [the] truth [(that he upholds)] be appointed to guard him.


###### Psalms 61:9
[Psalms 61:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/61:9)

כֵּ֤ן אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה שִׁמְךָ֣ לָעַ֑ד לְֽשַׁלְּמִ֥י נְ֝דָרַ֗י י֣וֹם׀יֽוֹם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So will I sing praise to Thy name for ever, as I perform my vows day by day.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Thus [(as You vouchsafe good to me)] shall I sing Your name forever in payment of my vows, day by day.