Keep me as the apple of the eye - Preserve me; guard me; defend me, as one defends what is most precious and valuable. In the original, ther…

Apple of the eye. —Literally, little man, daughter of the eye. The mannikin is, of course, the reflecti…

They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowi…

Keep me as the apple of the eye
Which is weak and tender, and is hurt and put to pain, and made uneasy by every litt…

Being surrounded by enemies, David prays to God to keep him safe. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved through all the hardsh…

1. Above, the psalmist described the divine justice and showed that he kept it; here he puts forward a prayer in which he asks to be heard f…