Psalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
In Context
9from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who encompass me around.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness. He compassed him about. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I take refuge.
Psalms 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou will make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Psalms 57:2I will cry to God Most High, to God who performs for me.
Psalms 61:5For thou, O God, have heard my vows. Thou have given [me] the heritage of those who fear thy name.
Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:2-8
Sincere and Importunate Prayer. 1 Hear the right, O Lord , attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings… Read the whole commentary →