Psalms 61:6
Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
Psalms 61:6 in other translations
| BSB | Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations. |
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| WEB | You will prolong the king’s life. His years will be for generations. |
| ASV | Thou wilt prolong the king’s life; His years shall be as many generations. |
| YLT | Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation. |
| DARBY | Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations. |
| BBE | You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations. |
| Webster | Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. |
What does Psalms 61:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 61:6-7
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 61:5-8
There is a people in the world that fear God's name. There is a heritage peculiar to that people; present comforts in the soul, earnests of future bliss. Those that fear God have enough in him, and must not complain. We need desire no better heritage than that of those who fear God. Those abide to good purpose in this world, who abide before God, serve him, and walk in his fear; those who do so, shall abide before…
Psalms 61:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 61:6
- 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. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
- 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. There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
- 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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Context
- Psalms 61:5
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
- Psalms 61:6
Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
- Psalms 61:7
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Psalms 61:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Días sobre días añadirás al rey: sus años serán como generación y generación. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car toi, ô Dieu! tu as entendu mes vœux, tu m’as donné l’héritage de ceux qui craignent ton nom. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du wirst Tage hinzufügen zu den Tagen des Königs; seine Jahre werden sein wie Geschlechter und Geschlechter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Verumtamen Deo subjecta esto, anima mea, quoniam ab ipso patientia mea: |