The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.

“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love?

“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south?

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,

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.

Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”

My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing or opened the mouth or chirped.”

An Oracle Concerning Cush

Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,

but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

“Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.

For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;