Psalms 36:7

36:7 How precious ¹  is your loyal love, O God!

The human race finds shelter under your wings. ² 

Isaiah 55:8-9

55:8 “Indeed, ³  my plans ⁴  are not like ⁵  your plans,

and my deeds ⁶  are not like ⁷  your deeds,

55:9 for just as the sky ⁸  is higher than the earth,

so my deeds ⁹  are superior to ¹⁰  your deeds

and my plans ¹¹  superior to your plans.

Ephesians 2:7

2:7 to demonstrate in the coming ages ¹²  the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward ¹³  us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:19-20

3:19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to ¹⁴  all the fullness of God.

3:20 Now to him who by the power that is working within us ¹⁵  is able to do far beyond ¹⁶  all that we ask or think,

¹ tn Or “valuable.”

² tn Heb “and the sons of man in the shadow of your wings find shelter.” The preservation of physical life is in view, as the next verse makes clear.

³ tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).

⁴ tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).

⁵ tn Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.

⁶ tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).

⁷ tn Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.

⁸ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁹ tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).

¹⁰ tn Heb “are higher than.”

¹¹ tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).

¹² tn Or possibly “to the Aeons who are about to come.”

¹³ tn Or “upon.”

¹⁴ tn Or “with.”

¹⁵ sn On the power that is working within us see 1:19-20.

¹⁶ tn Or “infinitely beyond,” “far more abundantly than.”