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8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-15)We may observe, in these verses, I. What David prays for. Being compassed about with enemies that sought his life, he prays to God to preserve him safely through all their attempts against him, to the crown to which he was anointed. This prayer is both a prediction of the preservation of Christ through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted st…
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