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Psalm 61:4
New English Translation
Psalm 61:4
New English Translation
4 I will be a permanent guest in your home;[a]
I will find shelter in the protection of your wings.[b] (Selah)
Footnotes
- Psalm 61:4 tn Heb “I will live as a resident foreigner in your tent permanently.” The cohortative is understood here as indicating resolve. Another option is to take it as expressing a request, “please let me live” (cf. NASB, NRSV).
- Psalm 61:4 sn I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. The metaphor compares God to a protective mother bird.
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