Psalms 17:8

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

King James Version

In Context

7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Psalms 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Psalms 57:2I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

Psalms 61:5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth 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 →

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