8. Keep me as the apple of the eye. No part of
the body is more precious, more tender, and more carefully guarded than the
eye; and of the eye, no portion is more especially to be protected than the
central apple, the pupil, or, as the Hebrew calls it, “the daughter of the eye.” The
all-wise Creator has placed the eye in a well-protected position, and has given
to every man so high a value for his eyes, and so quick an apprehension of
danger, that no member of the body is more faithfully cared for. Thus, Lord,
keep me, for I trust I am one with Jesus, and so a member of his mystical body.
Hide me under the shadow of thy wings. As a parent bird completely
shields her brood from evil, and meanwhile cherishes them with the warmth of
her own heart, by covering them with her wings. This clause is in the Hebrew in
the future tense, as if to show that what the writer had asked for but a moment
before he was now sure would be granted to him. Confident expectation should
keep pace with earnest supplication.
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