Proverbia 63:7

Nova Vulgata

[63:8] quia fuisti adiutor meus, et in velamento alarum tuarum exsultabo.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Scrutati sunt iniquitates ; defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio. Accedet homo ad cor altum ;

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Scrutati sunt iniquitates;
defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio.
Accedet homo ad cor altum,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Because: Psalms 54:3, Psalms 54:4

therefore: Psalms 5:11, Psalms 21:1, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 61:4, 1 Samuel 17:37, 2 Corinthians 1:10

Reciprocal: Ruth 2:12 - wings Psalms 17:8 - hide Psalms 36:7 - put their Psalms 139:18 - when I awake Isaiah 18:1 - shadowing Isaiah 26:9 - have I Matthew 23:37 - even Hebrews 13:6 - The Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because thou hast been my help,.... Or, "that thou hast been my help" s; 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. 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.

s כי "quod", Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Because thou hast been my help - Because thou hast interposed to defend me in danger. The idea is, that he had experienced the divine interposition in times of danger, and that this was a reason why he should still confide in God. The argument is, that God’s mercy and favor in the past is a reason why we should confide in him in time to come.

Therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice - Under the shadow or protection of thy wings will I feel safe. See the notes at Psalms 17:8. Compare Psalms 36:7; Psalms 57:1; Psalms 61:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 63:7. Therefore in the shadow of thy wings — I will get into the very secret of thy presence, into the holy of holies, to the mercy-seat, over which the cherubs extend their wings. If the psalmist does not allude to the overshadowing of the mercy-seat by the extended wings of the cherubim, he may have in view, as a metaphor, the young of fowls, seeking shelter, protection, and warmth under the wings of their mothers. See the same metaphor, Psalms 61:4. When a bird of prey appears, the chickens will, by natural instinct, run under the wings of their mothers for protection.

The old Psalter translates, And in hiling of thi wenges I sall joy. The paraphrase is curious. "Thou art my helper, in perels; and I can joy in gode dedes in thi hiling, (covering,) for I am thi bride, (bird,) and if thou hil (cover) me noght, the glede (kite) will rawis me, (carry me away.")