בְּרַם טָבְתָא וְחִסְדָא יִרְדְפוּנַנִי כָּל יוֹמֵי חַיַי כַּד אֵתֵב בְּבֵית מַקְדְשָׁא דַייָ לְנַגְדָא דְיוֹמָנָא.
1. May only | אַךְ – See Radak and Sforno that the words comprise a request and that "אך" has a restrictive meaning. Alternatively, the statement is spoken in confidence and "אך" takes the meaning "surely" (see Metzudat David).
2. that I may dwell | וְשַׁבְתִּי – See Radak who understands the "ו" of "וְשַׁבְתִּי" to mean "that I may"; others translate it as "and may I...". The word "וְשַׁבְתִּי" might be equivalent to "וישבתי", to sit or dwell (opinion in Radak, Hoil Moshe). Alternatively, it relates to the noun "שובה", "tranquility" (see Yeshayahu 30:15), and means "to find repose" (opinions in Ibn Ezra and Radak, and see the note on verse 3). Cf. Ibn Ezra that "וְשַׁבְתִּי" can be understood as written to mean "return", with the psalmist requesting that he return again and again to God's sanctuary, but see Hoil Moshe that the preposition "ב" of "בְּבֵית י"י" (in the House of God) is then somewhat difficult.
3. for many days | לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים – Literally: "for length of days".