Psalms 36:7

7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Psalms 36:7 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings.
The Message Bible (MSG)
7 How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings,
American Standard Version (ASV)
7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
7 Your mercy is so precious, O God, that Adam's descendants take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
7 God, Your faithful love is so valuable that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
7 How priceless your faithful love is! Important and ordinary people alike find safety in the shadow of your wings.

Psalms 36:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 36:7

How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God
Which has appeared to men and not angels, to some and not others; to the chief of sinners, who are by nature children of wrath as others; in choosing, redeeming, and calling them, taking them into his family, and making them heirs of eternal glory; and all this of his sovereign good will and pleasure, there being nothing in them that could move him to it; which lovingkindness was in his heart from everlasting, and will never change in him, nor depart from them; and hence it must be most excellent and precious:

therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy
wings;
not all men; for all have not faith, only some, to whom it is given to believe, and who know the Lord and his lovingkindness; by which they are induced and encouraged to trust in him, to betake themselves to him for mercy and protection, which they find in him: the allusion is either to the hen that gathers her chickens under her wings, and protects them in time of danger, and so it expresses both the paternal affection of God to his people, and the protection of them; or else to the wings of the cherubim over the mercy seat, between which the Lord sat and communed with his people, and showed mercy and favour to them, which encouraged them to trust in him.

Psalms 36:7 In-Context

5 Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Psalms 6:4
  • 2. S Ruth 2:12; S Psalms 17:8; Psalms 57:1; Psalms 91:4
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