Psalm 63:7 {62:8}
Good News Translation
because you have always been my help. In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

New Revised Standard Version
for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

Contemporary English Version
You have helped me, and I sing happy songs in the shadow of your wings.

New American Bible
You indeed are my savior, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the cover of thy wings:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the cover of thy wings:

Because

Psalm 54:3,4 For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes. . . .

therefore

Psalm 5:11 But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee.

Psalm 21:1 Unto the end. A psalm for David. [2] In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.

Psalm 57:1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

Psalm 61:4 In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

1 Samuel 17:37 And David said: The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David: Go, and the Lord be with thee.

2 Corinthians 1:10 Who hath delivered and doth deliver us out of so great dangers: in whom we trust that he will yet also deliver us,

Context
Thirsting for God
6If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning: 7Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the cover of thy wings:8My soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.…
Cross References
Ruth 2:12
The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayst thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.

Psalm 17:8
From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.

Psalm 27:9
Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.

Psalm 57:1
Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

Psalm 91:4
He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

Psalm 63:6
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