Psalms 61:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah”
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“Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. [Selah”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 61:4 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 2:12May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
- Psalms 15:1O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
- Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Psalms 23:6Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
- Psalms 61:7May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
- Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- Psalms 63:7For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
- Psalms 90:1Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 91:4He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- Psalms 142:4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write 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.
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