A moment in scripture
Psalms 17:8
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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 17:6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
- Psalms 17:7
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
- Psalms 17:9
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
- Psalms 17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.