In the Shadow of Your Wings

A Prayer of David.

Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,

He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.

How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.

Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah

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

though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.

he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,