⁸ Protect me as the pupil of your eye;^(A)
hide me in the shadow of your wings^(B)

⁷ How priceless your faithful love is, God!
People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.^(A)

¹ Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in you.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of your wings
until danger passes.^(B)

⁷ because you are my helper;^(A)
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.^(B)

¹ The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.^(A)

² He made my words like a sharp sword;^(A)
he hid me in the shadow of his hand.^(B)
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
he hid me in his quiver.

¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth,^(A)
and covered you in the shadow of my hand,^(B)
in order to plant^[a] the heavens,
to found the earth,
and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”