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How precious is your mercy, O God!
    The children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 36:8 The shadow of your wings: metaphor for divine protection. It probably refers to the winged cherubim in the holy of holies in the Temple, cf. 1 Kgs 6:23–28, 32; 2 Chr 3:10–13; Ez 1:4–9.

They feast on the abundance of your house;(A)
    you give them drink from your river(B) of delights.(C)

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Have mercy on me, God,
    have mercy on me.
    In you I seek refuge.
In the shadow of your wings[a] I seek refuge
    till harm pass by.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 57:2 The shadow of your wings: probably refers to the wings of the cherubim (powerful winged animals) whose wings spread over the ark in the inner chamber of the Temple (1 Kgs 6:23–28).

I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.(A)

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Let me dwell in your tent forever,
    take refuge in the shelter of your wings.(A)
Selah

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For you, God, have heard my vows;(A)
    you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.(B)

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You indeed are my savior,
    and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.(A)

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I cling to you;(A)
    your right hand upholds me.(B)

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He will shelter you with his pinions,
    and under his wings you may take refuge;(A)
    his faithfulness is a protecting shield.

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He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;(A)
    his faithfulness will be your shield(B) and rampart.

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10 He found them in a wilderness,
    a wasteland of howling desert.
He shielded them, cared for them,
    guarded them as the apple of his eye.(A)

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10 In a desert(A) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.(B)
He shielded(C) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(D)

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12 (A)May the Lord reward what you have done! May you receive a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”

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12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(A) the God of Israel,(B) under whose wings(C) you have come to take refuge.(D)

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12 For thus says the Lord of hosts after the Lord’s glory had sent me, concerning the nations that have plundered you: Whoever strikes you strikes me directly in the eye.(A)

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12 The Lord will inherit(A) Judah(B) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose(C) Jerusalem.

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37 (A)“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling!(B)

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37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(B) and you were not willing.

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