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Psalms 61:4 — King James Version← Study notes

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.


Psalms 61:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 61:48 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָיִ֣יתָhāyiytā
you have beenverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מַחְסֶ֣הmaḥəseh
a refugenounH4268
refuge · shelter · trust
לִ֑/יliy
pron
מִגְדַּלmigədal
a tower ofnounH4026
flower · tower. Compare the names following
עֹ֝֗זʿōz
strengthnounH5797
loud · might · power · strength ···
מִ/פְּנֵ֥יmipənēy
from beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אוֹיֵֽבʾwōyēb
the enemyverbH341
foe
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 61:4

1. The title of it does not detain us. For it is Unto the end, in hymns, to David himself. “In hymns,” to wit in praises. “Unto the end,” to wit unto Christ....But the voice in this Psalm (if we are among the members of Him, and in the Body, even as upon His exhortation we have the boldness to trust) we ought to acknowledge to be our own, not that of any foreigner. But I have not so called it our own, as if it were of those only that are now in presence; but our own, as being…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 61
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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