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Psalms 17:8
8Guard me as you would guard your own eyes. Hide me in the 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 am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God. Bend down and listen as I pray. 7Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways. By your mighty power you rescue those who seek refuge from their enemies. Guard me as you would guard your own eyes. Hide me in the shadow of your wings. 9Protect me from wicked people who attack me, from murderous enemies who surround me. 10They are without pity. Listen to their boasting!
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 them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.
- Proverbs 7:2Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.
- Zechariah 2:8After a period of glory, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.
- Psalms 36:7How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings.
- Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to you for protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until the danger passes by.
- Psalms 61:4Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of your wings! Interlude
- Psalms 63:7Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.
- Psalms 91:1Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ruth 2:12May the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully for what you have done.”
- Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.
- Luke 13:34“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.
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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