Psalm 63:7
New International Version
Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

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

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

Berean Standard Bible
For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

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

New King James Version
Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

New American Standard Bible
For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

NASB 1995
For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

NASB 1977
For Thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing for joy.

Legacy Standard Bible
For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

Amplified Bible
For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.

Christian Standard Bible
because you are my helper; I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
because You are my helper; I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

American Standard Version
For thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because you have been a helper to me and in the shadow of your wings I shall triumph!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For thou hast been my helper, and in the shelter of thy wings will I rejoice.

Contemporary English Version
You have helped me, and I sing happy songs in the shadow of your wings.

Douay-Rheims Bible
because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings:

English Revised Version
For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You have been my help. In the shadow of your wings, I sing joyfully.

Good News Translation
because you have always been my help. In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

International Standard Version
For you have been my strength, and in the shadow of your wings I will shout for joy.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For Thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of Thy wings do I rejoice.

Literal Standard Version
For You have been a help to me, | And I sing in the shadow of Your wings.

Majority Standard Bible
For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

New American Bible
You indeed are my savior, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.

NET Bible
For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.

New Revised Standard Version
for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

New Heart English Bible
For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

Webster's Bible Translation
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

World English Bible
For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

Young's Literal Translation
For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.

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Context
Thirsting for God
6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night. 7For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings. 8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.…

Cross References
Ruth 2:12
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge."

Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Psalm 27:9
Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Psalm 57:1
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.


Treasury of Scripture

Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

Because

Psalm 54:3,4
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah…

therefore

Psalm 5:11
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Psalm 21:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

Psalm 57:1
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

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Psalm 63
1. David's thirst for God
4. His manner of blessing God
9. His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety














(7) Because . . .--Better, For thou hast been my helper; and under the shadow, &c. (For the image see Psalm 17:8; Psalm 36:7; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 61:4.)

Verse 7. - Because thou hast been my help. God had already delivered David out of so many dangers and troubles, that he felt all the more confidence for the future. Therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice (see the comment on Psalm 61:4).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

You are
הָיִ֣יתָ (hā·yî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

my help;
עֶזְרָ֣תָה (‘ez·rā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5833: Help, helper, assistance

I will sing for joy
אֲרַנֵּֽן׃ (’ă·ran·nên)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7442: To give a ringing cry

in the shadow
וּבְצֵ֖ל (ū·ḇə·ṣêl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6738: A shadow

of Your wings.
כְּנָפֶ֣יךָ (kə·nā·p̄e·ḵā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle


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