Lexicon :: Strong's H5526 - sāḵaḵ

“The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat.

“and when my glory passes by, I will put you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

“Put the ark of the testimony there and screen off the ark with the curtain.

He brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the curtain for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Ehud was gone when Eglon’s servants came in. They looked and found the doors of the upstairs room locked and thought he was relieving himself[fn] in the cool room.

When Saul came to the sheep pens along the road, a cave was there, and he went in to relieve himself.[fn] David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave,

For the cherubim were spreading their wings over[fn] the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.

the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of[fn] the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the LORD’s covenant.

Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,

whom God has hedged in?

“You clothed me with skin and flesh,

and wove me together with bones and tendons.

Who enclosed the sea behind doors

when it burst from the womb,

Lotus plants cover him with their shade;

the willows by the brook surround him.

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;

let them shout for joy forever.

May you shelter them,

and may those who love your name boast about you.

He will cover you with his feathers;

you will take refuge under his wings.

His faithfulness will be a protective shield.

For it was you who created my inward parts;[fn]

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

LORD, my Lord, my strong Savior,

you shield my head on the day of battle.

The LORD has raised up Rezin’s adversaries against him

and stirred up his enemies.

I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians;

each will fight against his brother

and each against his friend,

city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

“You have covered yourself in anger and pursued us;

you have killed without compassion.

“You were an anointed guardian cherub,

for[fn] I had appointed you.

You were on the holy mountain of God;

you walked among the fiery stones.

“Through the abundance of your trade,

you were filled with violence, and you sinned.

So I expelled you in disgrace

from the mountain of God,

and banished you, guardian cherub,[fn]

from among the fiery stones.

He gives orders to his officers;

they stumble as they advance.

They race to its wall;

the protective shield is set in place.