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[a]Keep me as the apple of your eye;
    hide me in the shadow of your wings

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  1. 17:8 Apple of your eye…shadow of your wings: images of God’s special care, cf. Dt 32:10; Prv 7:2; Is 49:2.

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

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How precious is your mercy, O God!
    The children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.[a](A)

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  1. 36:8 The shadow of your wings: metaphor for divine protection. It probably refers to the winged cherubim in the holy of holies in the Temple, cf. 1 Kgs 6:23–28, 32; 2 Chr 3:10–13; Ez 1:4–9.

They feast on the abundance of your house;(A)
    you give them drink from your river(B) of delights.(C)

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Have mercy on me, God,
    have mercy on me.
    In you I seek refuge.
In the shadow of your wings[a] I seek refuge
    till harm pass by.(A)

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  1. 57:2 The shadow of your wings: probably refers to the wings of the cherubim (powerful winged animals) whose wings spread over the ark in the inner chamber of the Temple (1 Kgs 6:23–28).

I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.(A)

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