With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth.

As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; --

Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

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

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.

For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.

Lo, as an eagle he cometh up, and flieth, And he spreadeth his wings over Bozrah, And the heart of the mighty of Edom hath been in that day, As the heart of a distressed woman!'