Psalm 36:8
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8 How precious is your mercy, O God!
The children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 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.
Psalm 57:2
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I
2 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)
Footnotes
- 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).
Psalm 61:5
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5 Let me dwell in your tent forever,
take refuge in the shelter of your wings.(A)
Selah
Psalm 63:8
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8 You indeed are my savior,
and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.(A)
Psalm 91:4
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4 He will shelter you with his pinions,
and under his wings you may take refuge;(A)
his faithfulness is a protecting shield.
Deuteronomy 32:10
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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)
Ruth 2:12
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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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Zechariah 2:12
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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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Matthew 23:37
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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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