Mazmur 36:7

36:7 How precious ¹  is your loyal love, O God!

The human race finds shelter under your wings. ² 

Mazmur 57:1

Psalm 57 ³ 

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ⁴  a prayer ⁵  of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. ⁶ 

57:1 Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me!

For in you I have taken shelter. ⁷ 

In the shadow of your wings ⁸  I take shelter

until trouble passes.

Mazmur 61:4

61:4 I will be a permanent guest in your home; ⁹ 

I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. ¹⁰  (Selah)

Mazmur 63:7

63:7 For you are my deliverer; ¹¹ 

under your wings ¹²  I rejoice.

[36:7]  ¹ tn Or “valuable.”

[36:7]  ² tn Heb “and the sons of man in the shadow of your wings find shelter.” The preservation of physical life is in view, as the next verse makes clear.

[57:1]  ³ sn Psalm 57. The psalmist asks for God’s protection and expresses his confidence that his ferocious enemies will be destroyed by their own schemes.

[57:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “do not destroy.” Perhaps this refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. These words also appear in the heading to Pss 58-59, 75.

[57:1]  ⁵ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56, 58-60 is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[57:1]  ⁶ sn According to the superscription, David wrote this psalm on the occasion when he fled from Saul and hid in “the cave.” This probably refers to either the incident recorded in 1 Sam 22:1 or to the one recorded in 1 Sam 24:3.

[57:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “my life has taken shelter.” The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results.

[57:1]  ⁸ sn In the shadow of your wings. The metaphor likens God to a protective mother bird (see also Pss 17:8; 36:7).

[61:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “I will live as a resident alien in your tent permanently.” The cohortative is understood here as indicating resolve. Another option is to take it as expressing a request, “please let me live” (cf. NASB, NRSV).

[61:4]  ¹⁰ sn I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. The metaphor compares God to a protective mother bird.

[63:7]  ¹¹ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[63:7]  ¹² tn Heb “in the shadow of your wings.”