Psalms 36:7
5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
8 They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- KJV
- How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- WEB
- How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
- ASV
- How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
- DARBY
- How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! So the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
- BLB
- How precious [is] Your loving devotion, O God! Even the sons of man take refuge under the shadow of Your wings.
- ÅB
- Hvor kostelig din godhet er, Gud!
Menneskenes barn søker ly i skyggen av vingene dine. - OTB
- Hvor uvurderlig er Din miskunnhet, Gud!
Og menneskeheten finner ly under skyggen av Dine vinger. - B1930
- Hvor kostelig er din miskunnhet, Gud! Menneskenes barn søker ly i dine vingers skygge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 86:5
For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
Read in contextRuth 2:12
May 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.”
Read in context1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
Read in contextPsalms 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
Read in context1 John 4:9–10
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
Read in contextPsalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
Read in contextPsalms 139:17
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
Read in contextPsalms 31:19
How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
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