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Psalm 17:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

8 [a]Keep me as the apple of your eye;
    hide me in the shadow of your wings
9     from the wicked who despoil me.(A)

III

My ravenous enemies press upon me;(B)
10     [b]they close their hearts,
    they fill their mouths with proud roaring.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:8 Apple of your eye…shadow of your wings: images of God’s special care, cf. Dt 32:10; Prv 7:2; Is 49:2.
  2. 17:10–12, 14 An extended metaphor: the enemies are lions.
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