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Psalm 17:8
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8 Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye.[a]
Hide me in the shadow of your wings.[b]

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  1. Psalm 17:8 tc Heb “Protect me like the pupil, a daughter of an eye.” The noun בַּת (bat, “daughter”) should probably be emended to בָּבַת (bavat, “pupil”). See Zech 2:12 HT (2:8 ET) and HALOT 107 s.v. *בָּבָה.
  2. Psalm 17:8 sn Your wings. The metaphor compares God to a protective mother bird.
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Psalm 17:8
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8 Keep me(A) as the apple of your eye;(B)
    hide me(C) in the shadow of your wings(D)

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Psalm 17:8
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8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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8 Keep me as (A)the apple of your eye;
    hide me in (B)the shadow of your wings,

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