Psalms 61:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 18:2 : 2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
  • Deut 4:29 : 29 But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.
  • Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
  • Ps 18:46 : 46 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
  • Ps 42:6 : 6 My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
  • Ps 43:5 : 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Ps 55:5 : 5 Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
  • Ps 40:2 : 2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
  • Isa 54:11 : 11 O troubled one, storm-crushed, uncomforted! see, your stones will be framed in fair colours, and your bases will be sapphires.
  • Jonah 2:2-4 : 2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said, 3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. 4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him. 34 And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.
  • Ps 139:9-9 : 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea; 10 Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David.> Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

    2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 28:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

    2 Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

  • Ps 142:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

    6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

  • 3 For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

  • 76%

    2 Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.

  • 1 <A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

  • 6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

  • Ps 31:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2 Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

    3 For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

    4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

  • 8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

  • 75%

    4 I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)

  • Ps 40:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

    2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

  • 2 I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.

  • Ps 71:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.

    3 Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

  • Jonah 2:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

    7 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

  • 2 My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

  • 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Ps 25:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

    17 The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

  • 1 <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.

  • Ps 42:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

    7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

  • 22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

  • 9 I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • 7 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.

  • 5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

  • 6 My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.

  • 3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

  • 6 My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)

  • 2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • 17 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

  • 2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.

  • 7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

  • 9 O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you.

  • 6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

  • 16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

  • 2 Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?