Ps. 17:9 in context
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Ps. 17:8      Ps. 17:10

Psalms 17:9


[protect/hide me] from the (face of) wicked (ungodly, evil)
who want to destroy (attack, plunder) me,
my deadly enemies (enemies of my life/soul)
who surround me.
[The word "destroy" is also used to describe an army that plunders, burns, and destroys a city they have besieged and captured. David feels surrounded by enemies who are about to storm against him.]

[The first phrase in verse 8 is loaded with several powerful images. Literally, it says preserve me as "the pupil/the little man daughter eye". The Hebrew word ishon means both "a little man" and "pupil". The reason for the double meaning is that you can see your own miniature reflection in the pupil when you look someone in the eye. The next word consists of the usual word for eye (Hebr. ajin). The combination of ishon followed by ajin occurs five times in the Bible. The others are Deut. 32:10; Prov 7:2, 9; 20:20. However, something unique is done here. Another word is inserted and a new word is created: bat-ajin. The meaning is "daughter of the eye." The Hebrew word bat means daughter, and is used, for example, in the phrase bat mitsvah when a girl at the age of twelve becomes a "daughter of the commandment." Boys celebrate bar mitsvah at the age of thirteen. As a parallel to the first line, there is an image from the animal world where a bird spreads its wings over its young. Jesus uses the same image in Matt. 23:37. Both of these images, the eye and the wings, are used in Deut. 32:10–12, and are probably the inspiration for this verse. There is also an association with the wings of the cherubim overshadowing the mercy seat in the tabernacle, see Ex. 25:18–20.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

מִפְּנֵי   רְשָׁעִים   זוּ   שַׁדּוּנִי   אֹיְבַי   בְּנֶפֶשׁ   יַקִּיפוּ   עָלָי  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

ἀπὸ προσώπου ἀσεβῶν τῶν ταλαιπωρησάντων με οἱ ἐχθροί μου τὴν ψυχήν μου περιέσχον

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H9006
H6440
 מִ (mi)
פְּנֵ֣י (penei)
 from
face
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂ pl. gen. masculine plural Construct state

R
Ncmpc
H7563
 רְ֭שָׁעִים (reshaim)
 wicked
Adj. Adjective
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Aampa
H2098
 ז֣וּ (zo)
 this
Particle – relative Particle (Relative)

 Tr
H7703
H9030
 שַׁדּ֑וּ (shado)
נִי (ni)
 to ruin
me
Verb Verb
qal qatal 3p pl. qal qatal third person plural

Suffix Suffix
pron. 1p ♂/♀ sing. Pronominal first person masculine och feminine singular

Vqp3cp
Sp1bs
H0341
H9020
 אֹיְבַ֥ (ójeva)
י (j)
 enemy
my
Verb Verb
qal participle active ♂ pl. qal participle active masculine plural

Suffix Suffix
pron. 1p ♂/♀ sing. Pronominal first person masculine och feminine singular

Vqrmpc
Sp1bs
H9003
H5315
 בְּ֝ (be)
נֶ֗פֶשׁ (nefesh)
 in
soul
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 R
Ncbsa
H5362b
 יַקִּ֥יפוּ (jaqifo)
 to surround
Verb Verb
hiphil 3p ♂ pl. hiphil third person masculine plural

Vhi3mp
H5921a
H9030
H9016
 עָלָֽ (ala)
י (j)
׃
upon
me
verseEnd
Prep. Preposition

Suffix Suffix
pron. 1p ♂/♀ sing. Pronominal first person masculine och feminine singular

R
Sp1bs

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