birds: Isa 10:14; Exo 19:4; Deu 32:11; Psa 46:5, Psa 91:4
defending: Psa 37:40
passing: Or rather, as Bp. Lowth renders, "leaping forward," pasoach̀‡ As the mother bird spreads her wings to cover her young, throws herself before them, and opposes the rapacious bird that assaults them; so shall Jehovah protect, as with a shield, Jerusalem from the enemy, protecting and delivering, springing forward and rescuing her. Exo 12:27