Parallel Verses

NET Bible

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

New American Standard Bible

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

International Standard Version

How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

A Conservative Version

How precious is thy loving kindness, O God, and the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

American Standard Version

How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

Amplified


How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Bible in Basic English

How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

Darby Translation

How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! So the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

Julia Smith Translation

How precious thy mercy, O God! and the sons of man shall put their trust in the shadow of thy wings.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

How precious [is] your loyal love, O God, and the children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Modern King James verseion

How precious is Your loving-kindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of Your wing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How excellent is thy mercy, O God! And the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

New Heart English Bible

How precious is your loving kindness, God. The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

The Emphasized Bible

How precious thy lovingkindness, O God, - Therefore, the sons of men, under the shadow of thy wings, seek refuge:

Webster

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

World English Bible

How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

Youngs Literal Translation

How precious is Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

6 Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom. 7 How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings. 8 They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.

Cross References

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!"

Psalm 17:8

Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!

Psalm 91:4

He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.

Psalm 31:19

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

Psalm 57:1

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

Psalm 139:17

How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!

1 John 3:1

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

Psalm 63:7

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

Psalm 86:5

Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

Psalm 145:7-8

They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

John 3:16

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

1 Peter 2:6-7

For it says in scripture, "Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame."

2 Peter 1:4

Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.

1 John 4:9-10

By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.

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