He maintained him in the wilderness, in burning thirst and a dry land: He led him about and instructed him, and kept him as the apple of [His] eye.

Keep my commandments, and you shall live; and [keep] my words as the pupils of [your] eyes.

For thus says the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent Me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of His eye.

How have You multiplied Your mercy, O God! So the children of men shall trust in the shelter of Your wings.

For the end. Destroy not; by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul, to the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for my soul has trusted in You; and in the shadow of Your wings will I hope, until the iniquity has passed away.

I will dwell in Your tabernacle forever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of Your wings. Pause.

For You have been my helper, and in the shelter of Your wings will I rejoice.

Praise of a Song, by David. He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven.

He shall overshadow you with His shoulders, and You shall trust under His wings; His truth shall cover you with a shield.

The Lord recompense your work; may a full reward be given you of the Lord God of Israel, to whom you have come to trust under His wings.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [you] who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen [gathers] her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!