Psalms 36:7

Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord :

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

In Context

6O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth, even to the clouds.

8O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings.

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Cross References

Ruth 2:12The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayest thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.

Psalms 17:8From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.

Psalms 57:1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave

Psalms 71:19and thy justice, O God, even to the highest great things thou hast done: O God, who is like to thee?

Psalms 86:15And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 36:6-12

The Amazing Goodness of God; Favour of God towards His People; 5 Thy mercy, O Lord , is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord , thou preservest man and beast. 7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy… Read the whole commentary →

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