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Psalms 17:8 KJV

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

Psalms 17:8, King James Version

In context

7 Shew 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.

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

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

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Cross-references

  • Deuteronomy 32:10 He 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 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
  • Psalms 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
  • Zechariah 2:8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.