KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 17:8–9
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Psalms 17:8
8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
8Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide mee vnder the shadowe of thy wings,
Psalms 17:9
9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
9††From the wicked that oppresse me, from my deadly enemies, who compasse me about.
- Heb. that waste me.
- Heb. my enemies against the soule.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 17:8
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The fruit of a tree; in the phrase apple of the eye, the pupil or something precious.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To conceal or keep from sight or knowledge; to lie concealed. As a noun, an animal skin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Shade from light; a dark outline; or a figure of protection, transience, or a coming reality, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Limbs by which birds or flying creatures fly; by extension, sides or extremities and figures of shelter or speed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 17:9
To burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Causing death; mortal; mortally or destructively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To go all round or all over; Circumference, circuit.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study10He 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.
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Open the full verse study4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
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Open the full verse study1HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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Open the full verse study2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
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Open the full verse study4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
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Open the full verse study8For 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.
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Open the full verse study34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
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Open the full verse study7How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
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Open the full verse study12The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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Open the full verse study1BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
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Open the full verse study37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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Open the full verse study7Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
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Open the full verse study7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
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Open the full verse study9Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
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Open the full verse study11Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
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Open the full verse study20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
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Open the full verse study12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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Open the full verse study5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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