Psalms 17:8

¹⁰He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.

⁴He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

¹He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

²Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

⁴I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.

⁸For the LORD of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

¹²May the LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

⁷How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

³⁴“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

¹Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.