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[a]Keep me as the apple of your eye;
    hide me in the shadow of your wings

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  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.

How precious is your mercy, O God!
    The children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.[a](A)

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  1. 36:8 The shadow of your wings: metaphor for divine protection. It probably refers to the winged cherubim in the holy of holies in the Temple, cf. 1 Kgs 6:23–28, 32; 2 Chr 3:10–13; Ez 1:4–9.