4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah
He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.
They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.
For thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
He shall abide before God for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
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Commentary on Psalms 61 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 61
David, in this psalm, as in many others, begins with a sad heart, but concludes with an air of pleasantness-begins with prayers and tears, but ends with songs of praise. Thus the soul, by being lifted up to God, returns to the enjoyment of itself. It should seem David was driven out and banished when he penned this psalm, wether by Saul or Absalom is uncertain: some think by Absalom, because he calls himself "the king' (v. 6), but that refers to the King Messiah. David, in this psalm, resolves to persevere in his duty, encouraged thereto both by his experience an by his expectations.
So that, in singing this psalm, we may find that which is very expressive both of our faith and of our hope, of our prayers and of our praises; and some passages in this psalm are very peculiar.
To the chief musician upon Neginah. A psalm of David.
Psa 61:1-4
In these verses we may observe,
Psa 61:5-8
In these verses we may observe,