Psalm 61 heritage and inheritance

The Heritage

and the

Inheritance

Psalm 61:1-71 Hear my cry, O God;attend to my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth I willcry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 61:1-73 For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy.4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

Psalm 61:1-75 For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given me the heritage ofthose who fear Your name. 6 You will prolong the king’s life, His years as many generations.

Psalm 61:1-77 He shall abide before God forever. Oh, prepare mercy and truth, which may

preserve him! 8 So I will sing praise to Your name forever, that I may daily perform my vows.

Psalm 61• Attend to my prayer

Verse 1 - Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

Psalm 4:1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me inmy distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

Psalm 86:1Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me; For I am poor and needy.

2Chronicles 7:14…if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves,and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Isaiah 65:24It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while theyare still speaking, I will hear.

Psalm 61• Attend to my prayer• Lead me to the rock

Verse 2 - From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

1Samuel 2:2No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

Psalm 18:2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 18:31For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?

1Corinthians 10:1-4

Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers wereunder the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

1Corinthians 10:1-43 all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. Forthey drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

Psalm 61• Attend to my prayer• Lead me to the rock• God is our refuge

Psalm 61:3,43 For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy.4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

Psalm 62:8Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God isa refuge for us. Selah

Psalm 31:2Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; be my rock of refuge, afortress of defense to save me.

Psalm 46:1God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Psalm 61• Attend to my prayer• Lead me to the rock• God is our refuge• He has given us a heritage

Romans 8:16,1716 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

Psalm 61:5For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given me the heritage of thosewho fear Your name.

Psalm 119:111Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which risesagainst you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me,” says the Lord.

1Peter 1:3,43 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according toHis abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1Peter 1:3,44 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and thatdoes not fade away, reserved in heaven for you …