Mazmur 17:6

17:6 I call to you for you will answer me, O God.

Listen to me! ¹ 

Hear what I say! ² 

Mazmur 17:8

17:8 Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! ³ 

Hide me in the shadow of your wings! ⁴ 

[17:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Turn your ear toward me.”

[17:6]  ² tn Heb “my word.”

[17:8]  ³ 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.

[17:8]  ⁴ sn Your wings. The metaphor compares God to a protective mother bird.