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Psalms 17:8

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

KJV

Commota est, et contremuit terra ; fundamenta montium conturbata sunt, et commota sunt : quoniam iratus est eis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐσαλεύθη καὶ ἔντρομος ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τῶν ὀρέων ἐταράχθησαν καὶ ἐσαλεύθησαν, ὅτι ὠργίσθη αὐτοῖς ὁ θεός.

LXX

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

ASV

שָׁ֭מְרֵ/נִי כְּ/אִישׁ֣וֹן בַּת עָ֑יִן בְּ/צֵ֥ל כְּ֝נָפֶ֗י/ךָ תַּסְתִּירֵֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִישׁ֥וֹן
'yshvn
noun · 6×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
ו
v
noun · 110×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
צֵ֥ל
tsl
noun · 49×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 5.—Of Those Things Which a Man of God Spake by the Spirit to Eli the Priest, Signifying that the Priesthood Which Had Been Appointed According to Aaron Was to Be Taken Away. But this is said more plainly by a man of God sent to Eli the priest himself, whose name indeed is not mentioned, but whose office and ministry show him to have been indubitably a prophet. For it is…

Cross-references

  • Deut 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.
  • Deut 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.
  • Isa 18:1 — Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
  • Isa 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
  • Luke 13:34 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and
  • Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
  • Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
  • Num 6:24 — The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
  • Prov 7:2 — Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
  • Prov 7:2 — Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
  • Ps 16:1 — Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
  • Ps 25:20 — O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
  • Ps 27:5 — For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
  • Ps 31:15 — My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
  • Ps 36:7 — How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
  • Ps 36:7 — How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
  • Ps 36:11 — Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
  • Ps 57:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
  • Ps 61:4 — I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
  • Ps 61:4 — I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
  • Ps 63:7 — Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
  • Ps 63:7 — Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
  • Ps 71:4 — Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
  • Ps 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 91:4 — He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
  • Ps 91:4 — He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
  • Ps 140:4 — Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
  • Ps 140:5 — The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
  • Ruth 2:12 — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
  • Ruth 2:12 — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
  • Zech 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.
  • Zech 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.