Thematic Bible: Overshadowing providence shelters God's people


Thematic Bible




Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy, for in you I have placed my trust. Even in the shadow of your wings will I find my refuge until this calamity passes.

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



Like an eagle stirs its nest, hovering near its young, spreading out his wings to take him and carry him on his pinions,

and as my glory passes by, I'll put you in a crevice in the rock, and cover you with my hand until I've passed by.


For you have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat for the blistering attack from the ruthless is like a rainstorm beating against a wall,

Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from storms, like streams of water in the desert, in the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted land.




I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of my hand, so that I could plant the heavens and lay the earth's foundations, to say to Zion, "You are my people.'


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