New English Translation
Psalms 61:4
4I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. (Selah)
Psalms 61:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
Context of Psalms 61:4
2From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit! 3Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy. I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. (Selah) 5For you, O God, hear my vows; you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers. 6Give the king long life! Make his lifetime span several generations!
Read all of Psalms 61Psalms 61:4 word by word
אָג֣וּרָה בְ֭אָהָלְךָ עוֹלָמִ֑ים אֶֽחֱסֶ֨ה בְסֵ֖תֶר כְּנָפֶ֣יךָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 61:4
- Psalms 61:7May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.
- Psalms 15:1Lord, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill?
- Psalms 23:6Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days, and I will live in the Lord’s house for the rest of my life.
- Psalms 27:4I have asked the Lord for one thing – this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.
- Psalms 90:1O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!
- Psalms 91:1As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –
- Psalms 92:13Planted in the Lord’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.
- Revelation 3:12The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), and my new name as well.
- Psalms 17:8Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!
- Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.
- Psalms 62:7God delivers me and exalts me; God is my strong protector and my shelter.
- Psalms 63:7For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.
- Psalms 91:4He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.
- Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
- Ruth 2:12May the Lord reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!”
- Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
Commentaries on Psalms 61:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I will abide in thy tabernacle - The greater portion of those Psalms which were composed during and after the captivity, says Calmet, had Levites and priests for their authors. Hence we find the ardent desire so frequently expressed of seeing the temple; of praising God there; of spending their lives in that place, performing the functions of their sacred office. There I shall sojourn; - there I shall dwell, - be at rest, - be in safety, - be covered with…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever - This expresses the confident assurance that he would be restored to his home, and to the privileges of public worship. The word forever here means perpetually; that is, his permanent home would be there, or he would dwell with God who dwelt in the tabernacle. The word “tabernacle” refers to the sacred tent which was erected for the worship of God, within which were the ark, the tables of the law, the table of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The poet desires God's presence and seeks entry into God's earthly home for protection and care. Being welcomed into God's sanctuary (tent) is the greatest blessing (see Psalms 15:1; 23:6; 24:3–6). The Hebrew word for tent refers to the tabernacle and the tent David built for the ark (1 Chronicles 15:1). See also study note on John 1:14. The shelter of your wings represents God's protection and care (see Psalms 9:9; 17:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. I will abide--So I desire to do (compare Psa 23:6). trust in the covert, &c.--make my refuge, in the shadow (compare Psa 17:8; 36:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 61
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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