Psalms
Psalm 17:8–9
8Keep me as the apple ofa Your eye;
hide me in the shadow of Your wings
9from the wicked who assail me,
from my mortal enemies who surround me.
Footnotes
- a 17:8 Literally as the pupil, the daughter of
Word by word
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Psalm 17:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keep me | שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי | šā·mə·rē·nî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| as the apple | כְּאִישׁ֣וֹן | kə·’î·šō·wn | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H380 pupil |
| of | בַּת־ | baṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| Your eye | עָ֑יִן | ‘ā·yin | Noun - common singular | H5869 eye |
| hide me | תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃ | tas·tî·rê·nî | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular | H5641 hide, conceal |
| in the shadow | בְּצֵ֥ל | bə·ṣêl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6738 shadow |
| of Your wings | כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ | kə·nā·p̄e·ḵā | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H3671 wing, extremity |
Psalm 17:9
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| from | מִפְּנֵ֣י | mip·pə·nê | Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| the wicked | רְ֭שָׁעִים | rə·šā·‘îm | Adjective - masculine plural | H7563 wicked, criminal |
| who | ז֣וּ | zū | Pronoun - relative | H2098 this, that |
| assail me | שַׁדּ֑וּנִי | šad·dū·nî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular | H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin |
| from my mortal | בְּ֝נֶ֗פֶשׁ | bə·ne·p̄eš | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| enemies | אֹיְבַ֥י | ’ō·yə·ḇay | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H341 be hostile to |
| who surround me | יַקִּ֥יפוּ | yaq·qî·p̄ū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5362 strike off |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 17:8 Deuteronomy 32:10 · Psalm 91:4 · Psalm 91:1 · Proverbs 7:2 · Psalm 61:4 · Zechariah 2:8 · Psalm 36:7 · Luke 13:34 · Ruth 2:12 · Psalm 57:1 · Matthew 23:37 · Psalm 63:7
Psalm 17:9 Psalm 35:4 · Psalm 35:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.