Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 17:8
The apple of the eye; which God hath marvellously fenced on every side, and men use their utmost care and diligence to keep. Under the shadow of thy Wings; as a hen doth her chickens.
The apple of the eye; which God hath marvellously fenced on every side, and men use their utmost care and diligence to keep. Under the shadow of thy Wings; as a hen doth her chickens.
Verse Psalms 17:8. _KEEP ME AS THE APPLE OF THE EYE_] Or, _as the black of_ _the daughter of eye_. Take as much care to preserve me now by _Divine influence_, as thou hast to preserve my _eye_ by thy...
KEEP ME AS THE APPLE OF THE EYE - Preserve me; guard me; defend me, as one defends that which is to him most precious and valuable. In the original there is a remarkable strength of expression, and at...
Psalms 17 The Prayer of Christ Against the Enemy _ 1. The Righteous Intercessor (Psalms 17:1)_ 2. Prayer for deliverance (Psalms 17:6) 3. The deliverance ...
XVII. THE PRAYER OF A GODLY MAN FOR DELIVERANCE FROM HIS FOES. These foes are not foreign enemies but worldly Jews who persecute their pious and innocent neighbours. The cry for Divine help is made in...
AS. Figure of speech _Simile._ App-6. APPLE... EYE... WINGS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ HIDE. Thou wilt hide....
After protesting his integrity he resumes his prayer....
_Keep me_&c. Or, Preserve me (the same word as in Psalms 16:1) _as the apple_or _pupil of the eye_, an emblem of that which is tenderest and dearest, and therefore guarded with the most jealous care....
HIDE ME UNDER THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS— This is a figurative expression, say some, taken from hens, who with great carefulness hide their chickens under their wings to protect them from birds of prey:...
PSALMS 17 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE One who is Righteous Prays, in Great Trouble, for Divine Deliverance and Manifestation. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 17:1-2, The Prayer of Righteousness. Stanza II., vers,...
_KEEP ME AS THE APPLE OF THE EYE, HIDE ME UNDER THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS,_ Keep me as the apple of the eye. This prayer rests on the East fact of history (Deuteronomy 32:10) 'The Lord kept him (Israel...
17:8 eye, (g-8) See Deuteronomy 32:10 ; Proverbs 7:2 ,Proverbs 7:9 ; Proverbs 20:20 ....
The Psalmist makes his appeal to the justice of God (Psalms 17:1), and supports his prayer by an assertion of his conscious innocence (Psalms 17:3) and an account of the eager cruelty of his enemies ...
THE APPLE OF THE EYE] The pupil of the eye, a specially important and delicate organ, with peculiarly sensitive arrangements for its protection: see Deuteronomy 32:10. UNDER THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS] a...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
APPLE OF THE EYE. — Literally, _little man, daughter of the eye._ The _mannikin_ is, of course, the reflection seen in the pupil. _Daughter_ is either a contraction of a word meaning cavity, or is the...
שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי כְּ אִישֹׁ֣ון בַּת ־עָ֑יִן בְּ צֵ
Psalms 17:1 THE investigations as to authorship and date yield the usual conflicting results. Davidic, say one school; undoubtedly post-exilic, say another, without venturing on closer definition; lat...
GOD'S TRUE SERVANTS SAFELY KEPT Psalms 17:1 This also dates from the Sauline persecutions. In the earlier verses David protests his innocence, pleads for deliverance from his foes, and ends with glad...
This psalm is generally conceded to be closely linked with the preceding one. There is an evident similarity of outlook. In each case the singer declares his abstention from complicity with ungodly me...
With them is not in Hebrew. Lo, illi refers to God. Furor fuit ei. (Montanus) --- "He was wroth." (Protestants) Yet he displayed his power on the mountains, as if he had been displeased with them, or...
By comparing this verse with what the prophet Isaiah predicted of Jesus, a beautiful light is thrown upon both scriptures, and we are led to see to whom both refer. In the one Jesus is spoken of, unde...
The two similitudes which David has subjoined in the following verse, respecting _the apple of the eye, _and the little birds which the mother keeps _under her wings, _(363) are introduced for illustr...
The key to Psalms 16 was in the words, "In thee do I put my trust"; to Psalms 17, "Hear the right." In Psalms 16 we have seen the blessed path and working of that spirit of confidence. It is, though t...
KEEP ME AS THE APPLE OF THE EYE,.... Which is weak and tender, and is hurt and put to pain, and made uneasy by every little thing that annoys it, and than which nothing is more dear to a man, or he is...
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, Ver. 8. _Keep me as the apple of the eye_] Heb. As the black of the apple of the eye, two words to the same sense, for more veh...
_Keep me as the apple of the eye_ Which thou hast marvellously fenced on every side, and which men use their utmost care and diligence to preserve. _Hide me under the shadow of thy wings_ Protect me f...
Keep me as the apple of the eye, this being named as a possession most dear to men; HIDE ME UNDER THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS, as the mother-bird shelters her young in tender protection, Cf Deuteronomy 32...
DAVID CALLS UPON GOD FOR HELP...
8-15 Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation,...
Psalms 17:8 Keep H8104 (H8798) apple H380 eye H1323 H5869 Hide H5641 (H8686) shadow H6738 wings...
‘Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of your wings, From the unrighteous who oppress (spoil) me, My deadly enemies, who encompass me about.' The apple of the eye is the pupil....
Psalms 17:1. _Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips._ Good men are often slandered and misunderstood; and, at such times, the first v...
CONTENTS: David prays for relief from the pressure of enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we are abused and misrepresented, we have a righteous God to go to whose judgment is according t...
Psalms 17:3. _Thou hast tried me._ Vulgate, _Igne me examinâsti,_ Thou hast proved or tested me with fire, referring to the test of metals. Psalms 17:14. _Men which have their portion in this life,_ a...
_Keep me as the apple of the eye._ THE PLEA FOR DIVINE PROTECTION The world is no friend to righteousness; its spirit cannot endure the restraints that holiness imposes upon its workings. Hence the w...
THE APPLE OF THE EYE Keep me as the apple of the eye. Psalms 17:8. What is the “apple of the eye”? It is the little round black spot in the very center which we call the pupil. Of all the parts of...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 17:1. This is an individual lament, dealing especially with cases in which a person considers himself unjustly accused of wrong (compare Psalms 7:1
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 17:8 APPLE OF YOUR EYE. See Deuteronomy 32:10; Proverbs 7:2.
INTRODUCTION “David pours forth to God in this psalm an earnest prayer for deliverance from his inveterate enemies, who were bent on taking away his life. We find in it his opinion of the character of...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is termed "a prayer"—"a Prayer of David." It consists, no doubt, mainly of a series of petitions (Psalms 17:1, Psalms 17:2, Psalms 17:6,...
The seventeenth psalm is another prayer of David. And it is, again, one of those prayers where David is sort of pleading his own cause, his own righteousness before the Lord. Hear the right, O LORD,...
Deuteronomy 32:10; Luke 13:34; Matthew 23:37; Proverbs 7:2; Psalms 36