Mazmur 36:7

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

(36-8) Betapa berharganya kasih setia-Mu, ya Allah! Anak-anak manusia berlindung dalam naungan sayap-Mu.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
(36-8) Betapa berharganya kasih setia-Mu, ya Allah! Anak-anak manusia berlindung dalam naungan sayap-Mu.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bahwa adalat-Mu itu seperti gunung yang terbesar adanya dan hukum-hukum-Mu seperti lautan yang tiada berhingga; maka Engkau juga, ya Tuhan! memeliharakan segala manusia dan segala binatang.

Contextual Overview

⁵ Thy mercy O God reacheth vnto heauen: [and] thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes. ⁶ Thy righteousnes is like the mountaynes of God: thy iudgementes are a great deapth, thou sauest both man and beast O God. ⁷ How excellent is thy mercy O Lord: therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges. ⁸ They shalbe satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house: and thou shalt geue them drinke out of the riuer of thy delicates. ⁹ For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe: and in thy light shall we see light. ¹⁰ O continue foorth thy louing kindnesse vnto them that knowe thee: and thy righteousnes vnto them that are of an vpright heart. ¹¹ O let not the foote of pryde reache vnto me: and let not the hande of the vngodly make me to moue [out of my place] ¹² There be the workers of iniquitie fallen: they are cast downe, and shall not be able to rise vp.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How: Psalms 31:19, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 145:7, Psalms 145:8, Exodus 34:6, John 3:16, 1 John 3:1, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:10

excellent: Heb. precious, Psalms 139:17, 1 Peter 2:6, 1 Peter 2:7, 2 Peter 1:4

put their: Psalms 17:8, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 63:7, Psalms 91:4, Ruth 2:12, Luke 13:34

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:27 - refuge 2 Samuel 7:19 - And is this Psalms 13:5 - But Psalms 23:6 - goodness Psalms 30:5 - in his Psalms 34:8 - Lord Psalms 63:5 - my soul Psalms 69:16 - for thy Psalms 90:14 - satisfy Psalms 91:1 - under Psalms 109:21 - thy mercy Psalms 145:9 - good Psalms 145:19 - fulfil Song of Solomon 1:2 - thy love Isaiah 18:1 - shadowing Zechariah 9:17 - how great is his goodness Matthew 23:37 - even Mark 10:18 - that is Hebrews 2:13 - I will 1 John 4:16 - we

Cross-References

Genesis 13:6
And the lande was not able to beare them, that they might dwell together: for theyr substaunce was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.

Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose all the playne of Iordane, and toke his iourney from the east, and so departed the one [brother] from the other.

Genesis 17:8
And I wyll geue vnto thee and to thy seede after thee, the lande wherein thou art a strauger [euen] al the lande of Chanaan, for an euerlastyng possession, and wyll be their God.

Genesis 28:4
And geue the blessing of Abraham vnto thee, and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest receaue to inherite ye lande wherein thou art a straunger, whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.

Hebrews 11:9
By fayth he remoued into the lande of promise, as into a straunge countrey, whe he had dwelt in tabernacles, with Isaac and Iacob, heires with hym of the same promise:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How excellent - Margin, as in Hebrew: “precious.” The word used here is one that would be applicable to precious stones 1 Kings 10:2, 1 Kings 10:10-11; or to the more costly kind of stones employed in building, as marble 2 Chronicles 3:6; and then, anything that is “costly” or “valuable.” The meaning is, that the loving-kindness of God is to be estimated only by the value set on the most rare and costly objects.

Is “thy loving-kindness - Thy mercy. The same word is used here which occurs in Psalms 36:5, and which is there rendered “mercy.” It is not a new attribute of God which is here celebrated or brought into view, but the same characteristic which is referred to in Psalms 36:5. The repetition of the word indicates the state of mind of the writer of the psalm, and shows that he delights to dwell on this; he naturally turns to this; his meditations begin and end with this. While he is deeply impressed by the “faithfulness,” the “righteousness,” and the “judgment” of God, still it is His “mercy” or His “loving-kindness” that is the beginning and the ending of his thoughts; to this the soul turns with ever new delight and wonder when reflecting on the character and the doings of God. Here our hope begins; and to this attribute of the Almighty, when we have learned all else that we can learn about God, the soul turns with ever new delight.

Therefore - In view of that mercy; or because God is a merciful God. It is not in his “justice” that we can take refuge, for we are sinners, but the foundation of all our hope is his mercy. A holy creature could fly to a holy Creator for refuge and defense; he who has given himself to Him, and who has been pardoned, can appeal to his “faithfulness;” but the refuge of a sinner, as such, is only his “mercy;” and it is only to that mercy that he can flee.

The children of men - literally, “the sons of man;” that is, the human race, considered as descended from their great ancestor, or as one family. The meaning is not that all the children of men actually do thus put their trust in the mercy of God - for that is not true; but:

(a) all may do it as the children of men, or as men; and

(b) all who do “put their trust under the shadow of his wings” confide in His mercy alone, as the ground of their hope.

Under the shadow of thy wings - As little, helpless birds seek protection under the wings of the mother-bird. See the notes at Matthew 23:37; compare Deuteronomy 32:11-12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 36:7. How excellent is thy loving-kindness — He asks the question in the way of admiration; but expects no answer from angels or men. It is indescribably excellent, abundant, and free; and, "therefore, the children of Adam put their trust under the shadow of thy wings." They trust in thy good providence for the supply of their bodies; they trust in thy mercy for the salvation of their souls. These, speaking after the figure, are the two wings of the Divine goodness, under which the children of men take refuge. The allusion may be to the wings of the cherubim, above the mercy-seat.