psalm-17:8

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

God’s True Servants Safely Kept Psalms 17:1-15 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 anticipation of the vision of God. The psalm may have been composed for use at eventide; two at least of its verses point in that direction, Psalms 17:3 ; Psalms 15:1-5 . What a comfort it is to appeal from the accusations of men to the judgment-bar of God! Yet our sufferings at their hands... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 17:1-15

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 men. In both psalms God is appealed to, and the final hope of the soul is for fuller communion with Him. Yet, of course, the chief impression of comparison is the contrast. In the former, peril is referred to incidentally. Here, it is described and is the occasion of the outpouring of the soul. The... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 17:8-9

‘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. It represented the precious gift of sight. Thus it is above all things what a man guards, and it is protected by the eyelid. Thus the psalmist wants God to protect him as a man would protect his eyesight, indeed he wants him to be as an eyelid to him. The second illustration is that of the bird which... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 17:1-15

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 Psalms 17:1 and is repeated in Psalms 17:6; Psalms 17:13. Psalms 17:1-Deuteronomy : . In Psalms 17:2 follow mg. Psalms 17:3 b. With slight alteration of the text translate “ Thou shalt find no evil thought in me; my mouth shalt not transgress.” Such self-complacency is common in the Pss. and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 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. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

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 his oppressors, who were obviously persons of consideration and influence, and who were disposed to exercise all the power which their station enabled them to command, to gratify their hatred and malice against him. He affirms his own innocence, and expresses his full conviction that the time would... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 17:1-15 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, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of deceitful lips ( Psalms 17:1 ).It is important that our prayers not come out of deceitful lips. I am afraid that many times I have prayed rather deceitfully, hoping to sort of con God. I haven't always been absolutely... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 17:1-15

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, as in Luke 16:25. The holy patriarchs, on the contrary, expected their portion in the life to come, and died believing in the promises. The Lord kept David under the shadow of his wings, safe from Saul’s lions, that lurked for his life. REFLECTIONS. We are taught to carry all our troubles to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 17:8

Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye.The plea for Divine protectionThe world is no friend to righteousness; its spirit cannot endure the restraints that holiness imposes upon its workings. Hence the world’s hostility to all those who live truly godly lives. To understand the full force of keeping one as the apple of the eye it is necessary to consider first, how the whole eye is protected, sheltered by bones and sinews, opening and closing doors, light-softening and dust-excluding... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 17:8

Psa 17:8 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 vehemence, q.d. Serva me studiosissime. The apple of the eye, that little man in the eye (as the Hebrew word importeth, the girl, κορη , as the Greeks for like cause call it), is the tenderest piece of the tenderest part, the eye; which is kept most diligently, and strongly guarded by nature... read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 17:1-15

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 17:8-9

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 17:1-15

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 17:8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 17:1-15

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 17:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 17:8

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