Mazmur 61:4

61:4 I will be a permanent guest in your home; ¹ 

I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. ²  (Selah)

Mazmur 77:5

77:5 I thought about the days of old,

about ancient times. ³ 

[61:4]  ¹ tn Heb “I will live as a resident alien 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).

[61:4]  ² sn I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. The metaphor compares God to a protective mother bird.

[77:5]  ³ tn Heb “the years of antiquity.”