Psalms Chapter 61 verse 6 Holy Bible
Thou wilt prolong the king's life; His years shall be as many generations.
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You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations.
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Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations.
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Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
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For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
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You will prolong the king's life; His years shall be for generations.
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Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Thou wilt prolong (or, mayest thou prolong) the king's life. The question arises - What king? Some answer that David prays for the extension of his own life; or, if not exactly of his own life, then for the prolongation of his dynasty upon the throne (Hengstenberg); others suggest that a distant exile, perhaps in Assyria, prays for the life of the reigning King of Judah, Josiah probably ('Four Friends,' p. 117); but the Messianic interpretation is perhaps the best. The writer, lifted up above himself and above sublunary things, abiding, as he does, in the spiritual tabernacle under the shelter of God's wings (ver. 4), prays for long continuance of days for the true King, the ideal King, Messiah, of whom David and his house are types: "Mayest thou add days to the days of the King," and make his years as many generations; or, as generation and generation; i.e. eternally continuous.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) See margin, and render as a prayer.
