"Keep me as the apple of the eye, Hide me in the shadow of Your wings" (Psalm 17:8) - God reveals His care for His people by relating that they were the "apple of his eye."
"May Adonai bless you and guard you" - The Priestly Blessing, (Hebrew: Birkat Kohanim), also known in Hebrew as Nesiat Kapayim, (lit. Raising of the Hands), is a Jewish prayer recited by Kohanim during certain Jewish services. The source of the text is Numbers 6:2327, where Aaron and his sons bless the Israelites with this blessing. This is the oldest known Biblical text that has been found; amulets with these verses written on them have been found in graves in dating from the First Temple Period.
