Psalms 17:8 meaning and explanation

Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Psalms 17:8, Berean Standard Bible

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David, surrounded by hostile men who track him like a lion, asks God for protection. The Hebrew idiom often translated "apple of Your eye" literally means the pupil, the small dark center of the eye, the part we guard most instinctively.

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