Psalm 17:8 {16:8}
Good News Translation
Protect me as you would your very eyes; hide me in the shadow of your wings

New Revised Standard Version
Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,

Contemporary English Version
Protect me as you would your very own eyes; hide me in the shadow of your wings.

New American Bible
Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

Douay-Rheims Bible
From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.

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Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land, in a place of horror, and of vast wilderness: he led him about, and taught him: and he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Proverbs 7:2 Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.

Zechariah 2:8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:

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Psalm 36:7 O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the cover of thy wings.

Psalm 57:1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

Psalm 61:4 In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

Psalm 63:7 Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the cover of thy wings:

Psalm 91:1,4 The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob. . . .

Ruth 2:12 The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayst thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.

Matthew 23:37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldst not?

Luke 13:34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets; and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?

Context
Hear My Righteous Plea
7Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee. 8From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.9From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:…
Cross References
Numbers 6:24
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in a place of horror, and of vast wilderness: he led him about, and taught him: and he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Ruth 2:12
The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayst thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.

Psalm 16:1
The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.

Psalm 27:5
For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

Psalm 36:7
O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the cover of thy wings.

Psalm 57:1
Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

Psalm 61:4
In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

Psalm 63:7
Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the cover of thy wings:

Psalm 91:1
The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 91:4
He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

Proverbs 7:2
Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.

Zechariah 2:8
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:

Psalm 17:7
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