Psalms 17:8

Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

In Context

7Make clear the wonder of your mercy, O saviour of those who put their faith in your right hand, from those who come out against them.

9From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:10He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

Psalms 16:1Michtam. Of David. Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

Psalms 36:8\36:7\How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

Psalms 57:2\57:1\Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

Psalms 61:5\61:4\I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

Psalms 91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

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 →

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