Psa 17:8 | NET2full | STEP | Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye . Hide me in the shadow of your wings .

‏ Psalms 17:8

8 Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye. ^{▼▼tc Heb “Protect me like the pupil, a daughter of an eye.” The noun בַּת (bat, “daughter”) should probably be emended to בָּבַת (bavat, “pupil”). See Zech 2:12 HT (2:8 ET) and HALOT 107 s.v. *בָּבָה.}
Hide me in the shadow of your wings. ^{▼▼sn Your wings. The metaphor compares God to a protective mother bird.}