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

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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.

Keep me(A) as the apple of your eye;(B)
    hide me(C) in the shadow of your wings(D)
from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.(E)

10 They close up their callous hearts,(F)
    and their mouths speak with arrogance.(G)

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