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40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 13

40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 13

Apple of God’s Eye

by Pat Baxter

Um(Imi)bhalo weBhayibheli

Ihubo 17

Ithemba lozingelwayo engenacala

Umkhuleko kaDavide.

1Yizwa ukulunga, Jehova,

ulalele ukukhala kwami,

ubeke indlebe emkhulekweni wami

ophuma ezindebeni ezingenankohliso.

2Ukwahlulelwa kwami makuvele ebusweni bakho;

amehlo akho mawabheke okulungileyo.

3Uyalinga inhliziyo yami;

ungihambele ebusuku,

uyangihlolisisa, awufumani lutho;

ngiyahlosa ukuba umlomo wami ungaphambuki.

4Emisebenzini yabantu ngiyazilinda,

ezindleleni zezidlova ngezwi lezindebe zakho.

5Izinyathelo zami zinamathela ezinyaweni zakho,

izinyawo zami azisheleli.

6Ngikhala kuwe, ngokuba uyangizwa, Nkulunkulu;

beka indlebe yakho kimi,

uzwe izwi lami.

7Bonakalisa isihe sakho esimangalisayo

wena osindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene

labo abaphephela kuwe kwababahlaselayo.

8Ngigcine njengenhlamvu yeso,

ungisithe ethunzini lamaphiko akho

9kubo ababi abangilimazayo,

kuzo izitha zokuphila kwami ezingihaqileyo.

10Bavalelwe ngamanoni abo,

bakhuluma ngokuzidla ngomlomo wabo.

11Noma siyaphi, bayangizungeza;

amehlo abo bawabhekisa kukho ukungiwisa phansi emhlabathini.

12Unjengengonyama ehahela ukubamba,

njengebhongo lengonyama elilele ezindaweni ezisithekileyo.

13Vuka, Jehova, umhlangabeze, umwise phansi;

sindisa umphefumulo wami komubi ngenkemba yakho,

14nakubantu ngesandla sakho, Jehova,

abantu baleli zwe abasabelo sabo sikulokhu kuphila,

nabasisu sabo usigcwalisa ngengcebo yakho,

nabashiyela izingane zabo okusele kubo.

15Kepha mina ngiyakubuka ubuso bakho ekulungeni,

ngisuthe ngesimo sakho ekuvukeni kwami.

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‘The Apple of The Eye’ was originally a metaphor used in biblical times to describe the spherical shape of the pupil: the most sensitive part of the body. The pupil is the structure that tells what a person is touched by, sees and cherishes most. The Hebrew understanding of the pupil literally means ‘the little man of the eye’ that shows what a person loves above all else.

In this text the psalmist sees that what is most important is to ask God that you be kept cherished and protected under His wing. The eye is thus the window to the soul. The plea is to be beloved, to be precious to God always. The psalmist asks to be protected from all else that may get in the way of this treasured love.

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