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Psalm 63:7

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

5My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
6when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
7For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
9But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
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Notice

The move from remembered help to joy under God’s wings gives praise a history: the speaker rejoices because God has already helped him.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Hebrews 13:6So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”Both name God as helper, grounding the psalm’s joy and Hebrews’ courage in his help.
Ruth 2:12May the LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”Both describe shelter beneath God’s wings, where the psalm’s speaker rejoices and Ruth has come to take refuge.
Psalm 57:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for …Both speak of the shadow of God’s wings, with Psalm 57 naming refuge while disaster remains.
2 Corinthians 1:10who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,Both look back on God’s help as grounds for looking ahead, whether in joy or hope of further deliverance.
Psalm 61:4I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.Both use God’s wings as an image of shelter, expressing a desire to remain close to him.
Psalm 27:9Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.Both recall that God has been the speaker’s help; Psalm 27 follows that memory with a plea against abandonment.
Psalm 17:8Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,Both speak of the shadow of God’s wings, one as a place of joy and the other as sought protection.
Matthew 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen …Both use wings as an image of shelter; Matthew describes Jesus’ desire to gather Jerusalem’s children and their refusal.
1 Samuel 17:37David said, “The LORD, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul …Both remember God’s past help as grounds for confidence, with David naming deliverance from the lion and bear.
Isaiah 18:1Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;The shared word is wings, though Isaiah describes a land of rustling wings rather than refuge in God.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. praise and worship. fear for the future.

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Something small to carry out of this verse

Thank God for one specific time he helped you

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Encouragement

Your praise can begin with help you remember. In this psalm, danger remains close, yet the speaker has reason to rejoice: God has been his help.

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