The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
Psalm 36:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How precious is Your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge and put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. American Standard Version (1901) How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings. Common English Bible Your faithful love is priceless, God! Humanity finds refuge in the shadow of your wings. Catholic Public Domain Version Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way, with the man who does injustice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things. |
The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
O how abundant is your goodness that you have laid up for those who fear you and accomplished for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of everyone!
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, until the destroying storms pass by.
for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
and your righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.
he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and defense.
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!”