“For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David. Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 61 contains 8 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.