Psalms 17:8 - Exposition

Keep me as the apple of the eye (comp. Deuteronomy 32:10 , where the same simile is used). Here, however, the expression employed is still more tender and more practical: "Keep me," says David," as the apple, daughter of the eye. " Hide me under the shadow of thy wings . This seems also to be a reminiscence of Deuteronomy, where, after the mention of the "apple of the eye," the water continues, As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him" ( Deuteronomy 32:11 , Deuteronomy 32:12 ; comp. further Psalms 36:7 ; Psalms 57:1 ; Psalms 63:8 ; Psalms 91:4 ).