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Read Full Chapter (Psalms 17) Psalms 17:8 KJV
"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,"
Psalms 17:8 in Context (Verses 5–11 KJV)
5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.*
6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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.**
10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;