Psalms 61:6
Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
††Thou wilt prolong the kings life: and his yeeres as many generations.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. thou shalt adde dayes to the dayes of the King.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. as generation and generation.
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- Psalms 21:4Rank 1 from verse 6
- Psalms 89:36–37Rank 2 from verse 6
36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
36*His seede shall endure for euer; and his throne as the sunne before me.
37It shalbe established for euer as the Moone: and as a faithfull witnesse in heauen. Selah.
- Psalms 21:6Rank 3 from verse 6
- Isaiah 53:10Rank 4 from verse 6
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.
10¶ ‖Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him, he hath put him to griefe: when thou shalt make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede, hee shall prolong his daies, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
- Psalms 72:15–17Rank 5 from verse 6
15And 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.
16There 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.
17His 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.
15†And he shall liue, and to him shalbe giuen of the gold of Sheba; prayer also shalbe made for him continually, and daily shall he be praised.
16There shalbe an handfull of corne in the earth vpon the top of the mountaines; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon, and they of the citie shall flourish like grasse of the earth.
17††His name shall endure for euer: his name shalbe continued as long as the sunne: and men shalbe blessed in him; all nations shall call him blessed.
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Psalms 61:6
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.
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To lengthen or continue in time.
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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Periods of twelve months.
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generations
Plural form of generation (offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime).
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5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
5For thou, O God, hast heard my vowes: thou hast giuen me the heritage of those that feare thy name.
6Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
6††Thou wilt prolong the kings life: and his yeeres as many generations.
Selected passage7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
7He shall abide before God for euer: O prepare mercy and trueth which may preserue him.