Psalms 61:4
I will abide in your tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of your wings. Selah.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
In Context
3For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
5For you, O God, have heard my vows: you have given me the heritage of those that fear your name.
Cross References
Ruth 2:12The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to trust.
Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,
Psalms 27:4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Psalms 61:7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Psalms 63:7Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.
Psalms 91:1He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 61:2-5
Crying to God in Distress. 1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. In these verses we may observe, I. David's close adherence and application to God by prayer in the day of his distress and trouble: "Whatever comes, I will cry… Read the whole commentary →