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7Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice{H8762)}.
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Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-11)David, having expressed his desires towards God and his praises of him, here expresses his confidence in him and his joyful expectations from him (Ps. 63:7): In the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice , alluding either to the wings of the cherubim stretched out over the ark of the covenant, between which God is said to dwell (“I will rejoice in thy oracles, and in covenant and communion with thee”)…
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