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Psalms 17:8
8Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the apple of Your eye; Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings
Psalms 17:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
- New International Version (NIV)Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
- English Standard Version (ESV)Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
Context of Psalms 17:8
6I have called upon You, for You, O God, will answer me; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech. 7Wondrously show Your [marvelous and amazing] lovingkindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand From those who rise up against them. Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the apple of Your eye; Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings 9From the wicked who despoil and deal violently with me, My deadly enemies who surround me. 10They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion]; With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.
Read all of Psalms 17Psalms 17:8 word by word
שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי כְּאִישׁ֣וֹן בַּת־עָ֑יִן בְּצֵ֥ל כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 17:8
- Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, In the howling wasteland of a wilderness; He kept circling him, He took care of him, He protected him as the apple of His eye.
- Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments and live, And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye.
- Zechariah 2:8For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
- Psalms 36:7How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
- Psalms 57:1Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me, For my soul finds shelter and safety in You, And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure Until destruction passes by.
- Psalms 61:4Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.
- Psalms 63:7For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].
- Ruth 2:12May the Lord repay you for your kindness, and may your reward be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
- Matthew 23:37“ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
- Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I have wanted to gather your children together [around Me], just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were not willing!
Commentaries on Psalms 17:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Keep me as the apple of the eye - Or, as the black of the daughter of eye. Take as much care to preserve me now by Divine influence, as thou hast to preserve my eye by thy good providence. Thou hast entrenched it deeply in the skull; hast ramparted it with the forehead and cheek-bones; defended it by the eyebrow, eyelids, and eyelashes; and placed it in that situation where the hands can best protect it. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings - This is a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Keep me as the apple of the eye - Preserve me; guard me; defend me, as one defends that which is to him most precious and valuable. In the original there is a remarkable strength of expression, and at the same time a remarkable confusion of gender in the language. The literal translation would be, “Keep me as the little man - the daughter of the eye.” The word “apple” applied to the eye means the pupil, the little aperture in the middle of the eye…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and is a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping of their souls to God, trusting him to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom. Those are our worst enemies, that are enemies to our souls. They are God's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8as the apple of Your eye (literally as the pupil of your eye): This metaphor shows God's care and love for the psalmist (see Deuteronomy 32:10). The shadow of God's wings is a place of his protection from enemies and hardship (Psalms 36:7; 57:1; 61:4; 63:7; 91:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Similar figures, denoting the preciousness of God's people in His sight, in De 32:10, 11; Mt 23:37.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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