Protect me as the pupil of your eye;(A)
hide me in the shadow of your wings(B)

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Keep me(A) as the apple of your eye;(B)
    hide me(C) in the shadow of your wings(D)

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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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How priceless your faithful love is, God!
People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(A)

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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(A)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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Psalm 57

Praise for God’s Protection

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. When he fled before Saul into the cave.(A)

Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in you.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of your wings
until danger passes.(B)

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Psalm 57[a](A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When he had fled from Saul into the cave.(B)

Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
    for in you I take refuge.(C)
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings(D)
    until the disaster has passed.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:1 In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.
  2. Psalm 57:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

57 Be 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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because you are my helper;(A)
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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Because you are my help,(A)
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

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Psalm 91

The Protection of the Most High

The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.(A)

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Psalm 91

Whoever dwells in the shelter(A) of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow(B) of the Almighty.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai

91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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He made my words like a sharp sword;(A)
he hid me in the shadow of his hand.(B)
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
he hid me in his quiver.

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He made my mouth(A) like a sharpened sword,(B)
    in the shadow of his hand(C) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(D)
    and concealed me in his quiver.

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And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

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16 I have put my words in your mouth,(A)
and covered you in the shadow of my hand,(B)
in order to plant[a] the heavens,
to found the earth,
and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”

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Footnotes

  1. 51:16 Syr reads to stretch out

16 I have put my words in your mouth(A)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand(B)
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,(C)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(D)’”

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16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

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