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Psalm 61:5
For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
3For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
4I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
5For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6You will prolong the king’s life. His years will be for generations.
7He shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
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The movement from vows heard to heritage given connects personal devotion with belonging among the people who fear God’s name.
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Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the LORD’s …Both passages describe a heritage that comes from God and belongs to people identified by their devotion to him.
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.Both speak of God’s goodness toward people who turn toward him, described through reverence in the psalm and seeking in Lamentations.
Psalm 56:12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.Vows to God connect these prayers, with Psalm 61 acknowledging that God has heard and Psalm 56 promising thank offerings.
Malachi 3:16–18Then those who feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared the …Both passages link fearing God’s name with his hearing, whether vows in the psalm or conversation among those who honor him.
Psalm 86:11Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.Fearing God’s name connects the heritage described in Psalm 61 with the undivided heart sought in Psalm 86.
Psalm 115:13He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.Both passages describe God giving good to those who fear him, with Psalm 115 including both small and great.
Psalm 66:19But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.Both speakers affirm that God has heard them, naming vows in Psalm 61 and the voice of prayer in Psalm 66.
Acts 10:35but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.Both identify people by their fear of God; Acts describes those who fear him and work righteousness as acceptable to him.
Exodus 1:20God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.The shared thread is God’s goodness toward people: giving a heritage in the psalm and dealing well with the midwives in Exodus.
Genesis 28:20Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,Vows connect these passages, with Jacob asking for God’s presence and provision and the psalmist affirming that God has heard.
Leviticus 22:18“Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who …Vows to God appear in both texts; Leviticus describes offerings associated with vows, while the psalm acknowledges that God has heard.
Joshua 18:10Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.The connection is broad: the psalm names a heritage God has given, while Joshua describes land divided among Israel before the LORD.
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The heritage in this prayer is God’s gift. The speaker names what God has heard and given, finding assurance in God’s care for those who fear his name.
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