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Psalms 61:4

I want to live in your tent forever. I want to hide where you can protect me. Selah

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Faith;   The Topic Concordance - Abidance;   Hearing;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tent;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Covert;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Covert;   Neginah;   Psalms, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 29;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Let me sojourn in Your tent forever;Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll dwell in thy tabernacle for euer: my trust shalbe vnder the couering of thy wynges. Selah.
Darby Translation
I will sojourn in thy tent for ever; I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
New King James Version
I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings.Selah
Literal Translation
I will dwell in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.
World English Bible
I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
King James Version (1611)
I will abide in thy Tabernacle for euer: I will trust in the couert of thy wings. Selah.
King James Version
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I will dwell in thy tabernacle for euer, that I maye be safe vnder the couerynge of thy wynges.
Amplified Bible
Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.
American Standard Version
I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah
Bible in Basic English
I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)
Update Bible Version
I will dwell in your tabernacle forever: I will take refuge in the covert of your wings. Selah.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
New English Translation
I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. (Selah)
Contemporary English Version
Let me live with you forever and find protection under your wings, my God.
Complete Jewish Bible
For you have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength in the face of the foe.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for euer, and my trust shall be vnder the couering of thy wings. Selah.
George Lamsa Translation
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever; I will make my refuge the shadow of thy wings.
Hebrew Names Version
I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For Thou hast been a refuge for me, a tower of strength in the face of the enemy.
New Living Translation
Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of your wings! Interlude
New Life Bible
Let me live in Your tent forever. Let me be safe under the covering of Your wings.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause.
English Revised Version
I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah
Berean Standard Bible
Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
New Revised Standard
Let me abide in your tent forever, find refuge under the shelter of your wings. Selah
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I would be a guest in thy tent to the ages, I would seek refuge in the concealment of thy wings. Selah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(60-5) In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.
Lexham English Bible
Let me reside in your tent forever. Let me take refuge under the covering of your wings. Selah
English Standard Version
Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah
New American Standard Bible
Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
New Century Version
Let me live in your Holy Tent forever. Let me find safety in the shelter of your wings. Selah
Good News Translation
Let me live in your sanctuary all my life; let me find safety under your wings.
Christian Standard Bible®
I will live in Your tent forever and take refuge under the shelter of Your wings. Selah
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I schal dwelle in thi tabernacle in to worldis; Y schal be keuered in the hilyng of thi wengis.
Young's Literal Translation
I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.
Revised Standard Version
Let me dwell in thy tent for ever! Oh to be safe under the shelter of thy wings! [Selah]

Contextual Overview

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To the director: With stringed instruments. A song of David.

God, hear my cry for help. Listen to my prayer. 2 From a faraway land I call to you for help. I feel so weak and helpless! Carry me to a high rock where no one can reach me. 3 You are my place of safety, a strong tower that protects me from my enemies. 4 I want to live in your tent forever. I want to hide where you can protect me. Selah

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

abide: Psalms 61:7, Psalms 15:1, Psalms 23:6, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 90:1, Psalms 91:1, Psalms 92:13, Revelation 3:12

trust: or, make my refuge, Psalms 17:8, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 62:7, Psalms 63:7, Psalms 91:4, Psalms 142:4, Psalms 142:5, Ruth 2:12, Matthew 23:37, Hebrews 6:18

Reciprocal: Psalms 21:7 - For the Psalms 143:9 - flee unto thee Proverbs 18:10 - a strong Isaiah 18:1 - shadowing Isaiah 30:1 - cover

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever,.... Under the protection of the Lord, as in a shepherd's tent, or as in one belonging to a general of an army, where are fulness and safety;

:-; or else the tabernacle of the congregation is meant; the house of God, the place of divine and public worship, where he desired and determined always to continue, Psalms 23:6; or else the tabernacle which was prefigured by that below, where he knew he should dwell to all eternity. Kimchi, by "for ever", understands a long time; and Jarchi explains it both of this world and of the world to come; which is true, understanding the tabernacle of the church below, and the church above;

I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Or, "in" or "into the secret of thy wings" z; this he determined to make his refuge for the present time, and while in this world; Psalms 23:6- :.

Selah; on this word, Psalms 23:6- :.

z בסתר "in abscondito", Pagninus, Montanus; "in occultum", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I 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 showbread, etc. In the innermost part of that tent - the holy of holies - the symbol of the divine presence rested on the mercy-seat or cover of the ark of the covenant. David regarded it as a great privilege to abide near that sacred tent; near to the place of; public worship; near to the place where God was supposed to dwell. See Psalms 23:6, note; Psalms 26:8, note; Psalms 27:4, note. It is possible that his mind looked beyond the tabernacle on earth to an eternal residence in the very presence of God; to his being admitted into his own sacred abode in heaven.

I will trust in the covert of thy wings - Margin, Make my refuge. See the notes at Psalms 17:8. Compare Psalms 36:7; Psalms 57:1. The idea is, that he would seek and find protection in God - as young birds do under the outstretched wings of the parent bird.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 61:4. I 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 thy wings, as a bird in its nest is covered with the wings of its mother. These simple comparisons, drawn from rural affairs and ordinary occurrences, are more pleasing and consolatory in the circumstances in question, than allegories derived from subjects the most noble and sublime.


 
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