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Psalm 17:7-9
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7 Show how wonderful is your kindness,[a]
    you who save those who seek protection
    by taking refuge at your right hand.
8 Guard me as the apple of your eye;
    hide me in the shadow of your wings[b]
9 from the wicked who treat me with violence,
    from deadly enemies who surround me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:7 Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5.
  2. Psalm 17:8 Apple of your eye . . . shadow of your wings: conventional Hebrew metaphors for protection (see Deut 32:10; Prov 7:2; Isa 49:2).
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Psalm 17:7-9
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7 Show me the wonders of your great love,(A)
    you who save by your right hand(B)
    those who take refuge(C) in you from their foes.
8 Keep me(D) as the apple of your eye;(E)
    hide me(F) in the shadow of your wings(G)
9 from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.(H)

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