Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 17:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 17:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 17:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, he is asking God to care for him like someone would protect their most precious thing, and to keep him safe like a baby bird hiding under its mother's wings.

Psalms 17:8: Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34

Contradicts the message of protection and peace in Psalms 17:8 by stating Jesus did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:39

Contradicts the idea of seeking divine protection by encouraging turning the other cheek, suggesting a lack of defense.

Matthew 5:39: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Contradiction with Job 5:7

Contradicts the sense of divine protection by stating that man is born to trouble.

Job 5:7: Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. [trouble: or, labour] [sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly]

Contradiction with Isaiah 53:3

Contradicts the idea of being kept as valuable by describing the Messiah as despised and rejected.

Isaiah 53:3: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. [we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us]

Contradiction with Romans 8:36

Contradicts the notion of divine safeguarding by suggesting believers are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

Romans 8:36: As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
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