Psalms 63:7

7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Psalms 63:7 in Other Translations

7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

7 Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.

7 Because you've always stood up for me, I'm free to run and play.

7 because You are my help; I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalms 63:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 63:7

Because thou hast been my help
Or, "that thou hast been my help" ^F19; and so the words may be considered as the subject of his meditation in the night watches, at least as a part of it; and as what gave him a great deal of pleasure to reflect upon, how the Lord had been in times past a present help to him in time of trouble;

therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice;
meaning under the protecting power of God, where he knew he was safe, and therefore had reason to rejoice. The allusion is to the chirping of chickens under the wing of the hen; see ( Psalms 57:1 ) ( 61:4 ) . The Targum is,

``in the shadow of thy Shechinah will I rejoice;''

referring it may be to the Shechinah, or presence of God, between the cherubim, whose wings overshadowed the mercy seat.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (yk) "quod", Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.

Psalms 63:7 In-Context

5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

8 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.

9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 27:9; Psalms 118:7
• 2. S Ruth 2:12