New English Translation
Psalms 27:10
10Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.
Psalms 27:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
- New International Version (NIV)Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.
Context of Psalms 27:10
8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord. 9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me! Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in. 11Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me! 12Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.
Read all of Psalms 27Psalms 27:10 word by word
כִּי־אָבִ֣י וְאִמִּ֣י עֲזָב֑וּנִי וַֽיהוָ֣ה יַֽאַסְפֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 27:10
- Psalms 69:8My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.
- 2 Samuel 16:11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him.
- Isaiah 49:15Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!
- Matthew 10:21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
- John 9:35Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
- John 16:32Look, a time is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.
- 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.
- Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
Commentaries on Psalms 27:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10When my father and my mother forsake me - Or, more literally, "For my father and my mother have forsaken me; but the Lord hath gathered me up." My parents were my protectors for a time; but the Lord has been my Protector always. There is no time in which I do not fall under his merciful regards.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10When my father and my mother forsake me - If they should do it. The psalmist supposes it possible that this might occur. It does occur, though very rarely; but the psalmist means to say that the love of God is stronger and more certain than even that of a father or mother, since he will never forsake his people. Though every other tie that binds heart to heart should dissolve, this will remain; though a case might occur in which we could not be sure of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. God calls us by his Spirit, by his word, by his worship, and by special providences, merciful and afflicting. When we are foolishly making court to lying vanities, God is, in love to us, calling us to seek our own mercies in him. The call is general, "Seek ye my face;" but we must apply it to ourselves, "I will seek it." The word does us no good, when we do not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-12The psalmist asks for the Lord's mercy, presence, and guidance. For the psalmist, God is the greatest good, while enemies and other situations are less important.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. In the extremity of earthly destitution (Psa 31:11; 38:11), God provides (compare Mt 25:35).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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