Psalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shelter of your wings.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
In Context
7Show your marvelous love, you who save from enemies those who take refuge at your right hand.
9From wicked people who do me violence, from deadly foes who crowd around me.
Cross References
Psalms 16:1Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
Psalms 36:8They feast on the fat of your house, they drink of your brook of delights.
Psalms 57:2I cry to the Most High God, to the God who accomplishes for me.
Psalms 61:5For you, O God, do hear my vows, and grant the desires of those who revere you.
Psalms 91:1You whose home is the shelter of God Most High, whose abode is the shadow of God 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 →