Keep me as the apple of Your eye;
Hide me under the shadow of Your wings v.8
Read chapter 17
The "apple" of the eye, or the pupil, is the most sensitive part of the eye and it helps to guard the rest of the eye. David is asking God to guard him as one would guard the apple of his eye. Our eyes naturally blink when something comes toward it as a shield to the eye. God reacts the same as the natural flinch to protect us. In Spanish this phrase is "la nina de tus ojos," literally 'the daughter of Your eyes." How much a loving father protects his precious daughter! In the next phrase of this verse God is referred to a mother bird who protects her young under her wings. Here we see God not only as a father figure of qualities but as a mother too. The desire David, and us too, wants protection and comfort and care for by a mother and father. What are ways or characteristics you view God in both the mother and father roles?
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