Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 61:4
I will — I shall, I doubt not, be restored to the tabernacle, and worship thee there all my days.
I will — I shall, I doubt not, be restored to the tabernacle, and worship thee there all my days.
Verse Psalms 61:4. _I WILL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE_] The greater portion of those Psalms which were composed during and after the captivity, says _Calmet_, had _Levites_ and _priests_ for their autho...
I WILL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE FOR EVER - This expresses the confident assurance that he would be restored to his home, and to the privileges of public worship. The word forever here means perpetually...
PSALM 61-68 Psalms 61 The Identification of the King with His People _ 1. His cry and their cry (Psalms 61:1)_ 2. His answer and exaltation (Psalms 61:5) The following eight Psalms are grouped to...
LXI. The Psalmist prays from the end of the earth in the confidence that God will protect him. He expresses his desire to dwell in the Temple and ends with a prayer for the king. The Exile is presuppo...
TABERNACLE. Hebrew. _'ohel,_ tent (App-40.), i.e. David's tent on Mount Zion. The Psalm probably refers to Absalom's rebellion. TRUST. flee for refuge. Hebrew. _hasah._ App-69. COVERT. secret place....
David prays that God will prove Himself a refuge as in time past, and that he may again live in His presence and under His protection in Jerusalem....
Let me sojourn in thy tent for ever: Let me take refuge in the hidingplace of thy wings. The words are a prayer. In his banishment he prays that he may once more be received as Jehovah's guest, to e...
I WILL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE, &C.— David's danger seems to have been over before he had finished this psalm; and therefore, after a pause, he here begins to acknowledge how God had granted the petit...
PSALMS 61 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Psalmist, in Banishment, Prays for Restoration. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 61:1-4, Prayer for Restoration based on Past Mercies. Stanza II., Psalms 61:5-8, Prayer fo...
_I WILL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE FOR EVER: I WILL TRUST IN THE COVERT OF THY WINGS. SELAH._ I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever. So sure is he, by faith, of his prayer being answered, that he, eve...
61:4 sojourn (i-3) refuge (i-12) Or 'Let me sojourn -- let me take refuge.' cohortatives....
TABERNACLE] tent. The word may be purely figurative (cp. Ps 23:7), or it may refer to the 'tabernacle' which David made for the ark. TRUST] RV 'take refuge': see Psalms 17:8....
This Ps. was written at a distance from Jerusalem, and is either the prayer of a king for himself, or the prayer of a subject for himself and the king. In the former case it would naturally be assigne...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
I WILL ABIDE. — Rather, _Let me be a guest in,_ etc. (Comp. Psalms 15:1; Psalms 27:4.) THY TABERNACLE... — It is difficult to decide whether this indicates. the Mosaic tabernacle, and so may be used a...
_[Psalms 61:5]_ אָג֣וּרָה בְ֭ אָהָלְךָ עֹולָמִ֑ים אֶֽחֱסֶ֨ה...
Psalms 61:1 THE situation of the singer in this psalm is the same as in Psalms 63:1. In both he is an exile longing for the sanctuary, and in both "the king" is referred to in a way which leaves his i...
SAFE UNDER GOD'S PROTECTION Psalms 61:1 This psalm was probably composed at the time of Absalom's rebellion, when David was a fugitive from the Tabernacle that he loved. There are two stanzas. _ PR...
In this song there is the same undertone of confidence as in the preceding one. Here, however, it is rather the voice of one man than that of the people. The reference to the king, in verse Psalms 61:...
_Fence. This may refer to the persecutors, who resembled a leaning wall. (Berthier) (Isaias xxx. 13.) (Calmet) --- Protestants, "ye shall be slain all of you, as a bowing wall shall ye be, " &c. He th...
Are not all these well known (and may I not add, Reader, well proved, in your soul's experience) characters of the Lord Jesus? Is not Jesus the hiding place, and the covert, and the strong tower, and...
Psalms 61. The main point of all these psalms is trust in God when all is against the godly One. The more all circumstances are adverse, the more God is trusted in; but Christ shines through all as ta...
I WILL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE FOR EVER,.... Under the protection of the Lord, as in a shepherd's tent, or as in one belonging to a general of an army, where are fulness and safety; Psalms 27:5; or e...
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. Ver. 4. _I will abide in thy tabernacle_] _Et scribam mirabilia tua in memoriale,_ saith R. Obadiah by way of...
_I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever_ I shall, I doubt not, be restored to thy tabernacle, from which I am now banished, and, according to the desire of my heart, worship and enjoy thee there all...
I will abide in Thy Tabernacle, satisfied with the privilege of a guest in the tent of God's worship, FOREVER; I WILL TRUST IN THE COVERT OF THY WINGS, the fine figure of absolute protection and safet...
A CONFIDENT PRAYER FOR DIVINE AID. To the chief musician upon Neginah, with the accompaniment upon stringed instruments, a psalm of David....
TRUST: Or, make my refuge...
1-4 David begins with prayers and tears, but ends with praise. Thus the soul, being lifted up to God, returns to the enjoyment of itself. Wherever we are, we have liberty to draw near to God, and may...
I shall, I doubt not, be restored to the tabernacle from which I am now banished, and, according to the desire of my heart, worship and enjoy thee there all my days. In the mean time, whilst I am in d...
Psalms 61:4 abide H1481 (H8799) tabernacle H168 forever H5769 trust H2620 (H8799) shelter H5643 wings H3671 Selah...
HEADING. ‘For the Chief Musician, on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.' This Psalm is also dedicated to the Chief Musician and is to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. It is a Psalm of D...
TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
Psalms 61:2 Consider: I. In what sense David could say, "Thou hast been a shelter to me," and then that he was fully justified in concluding, "I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in...
CONTENTS: Encouraged by experiences and expectation, David calls on God for further deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Past experiences of the benefit of trusting God implicity should...
Title. _A psalm of David,_ written during his northern expedition, as it would seem from the second verse. Psalms 61:2. _From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee;_ that is, from the north-east e...
_I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of Thy wings._ COMFORT IN EXILE 1. The Lord can give such satisfaction to a sad heart in the time of its trouble, that the troubl...
_Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer._ A MEDITATION ON THE SIXTY-FIRST PSALM In the first verse it is not the Jew but the man that speaks. The same idea can be found in all languages. When Davi...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 61:1. This psalm could be considered both an individual lament and a communal lament. It asks for God’s help in times of trouble. Verses Psalms 61
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 61:4 To DWELL IN God’s TENT is to be his welcome guest in worship (see Psalms 23:6;...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—_“_To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_Upon Neginah_.” Hebrew: _Neginath_. “The LXX. and Vulg., evidently read _Neginoth_ in the plural, which occur...
EXPOSITION This short psalm is one of much beauty, and was sung daily at Matins in the earliest ages of the Church. It is, however, somewhat obscure, especially in its later portion, where a king is s...
Shall we turn now to the sixty-first psalm for our beginning of our Bible study this evening. Psalms 61:1-8. Hear my cry, O Lord (Psalms 61:1); Now in the Hebrew, this word for cry is very intense. I...
Hebrews 6:18; Matthew 23:37; Psalms 142:4; Psalms 142:5; Psalms 17:8;