How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Ver. 7. How excellent (Heb. precious) is thy lovingkindness!] That special love and favour that thou vouchsafest to thine own elect only. Oh, this is incomparable and inexpressible! It maketh a vast difference between the righteous and the wicked, though the blind world observeth it not.
Therefore the children of men] Who are also the children of God, by a better birth, John 1:12,13, and that is their greatest preferment, 1 John 3:1. Ludovicus, surnamed the Saint, king of France, would needs be called Ludovicus de Pissiaco rather than take greater titles, because there he became a Christian. He thought no birth to a new birth in Christ, no parentage to that of God to his Father.
Put their trust in the shadow of thy wings] As chickens in a storm, or when the puttock threateneth, hover and cover under the hen. See Psa 91:4 Matthew 23:37 .