New King James Version
Psalms 27:9
9Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 27:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Do not turn your back on me. Do not reject your servant in anger. You have always been my helper. Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me, O God of my salvation!
Context of Psalms 27:9
7Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 8When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me. 11Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
Read all of Psalms 27Psalms 27:9 word by word
אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ אַֽל־תַּט־בְּאַ֗ף עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ עֶזְרָתִ֥י הָיִ֑יתָ אַֽל־תִּטְּשֵׁ֥נִי וְאַל־תַּֽ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִי אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
- not thy faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- from me; putנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- not thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- in angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- thou hast been my helpעֶזְרָה‛ezrâh ‛ezrâth · helpH5833
- leaveנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
- me not, neither forsakeעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
- me, O Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of my salvationיֵ֫שַׁעyesha‛ yêsha‛ · salvationH3468
Cross-references for Psalms 27:9
- Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?
- Psalms 69:17And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.
- Psalms 102:2Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; Incline Your ear to me; In the day that I call, answer me speedily.
- Psalms 143:7Answer me speedily, O Lord; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
- Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.
- Psalms 51:11Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
- Isaiah 50:1Thus says the Lord: “Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce, Whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? For your iniquities you have sold yourselves, And for your transgressions your mother has been put away.
- Psalms 71:5For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth.
- 1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”
- Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:
- 2 Corinthians 1:9Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Psalms 38:21Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me!
- Psalms 119:121I have done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.
Commentaries on Psalms 27:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Hide not thy face - from me - As my face is towards thee wheresoever I am, so let thy face be turned towards me. In a Persian MS. poem entitled Shah we Gudda, "The King and the Beggar," I have found a remarkable couplet, most strangely and artificially involved, which expresses exactly the same sentiment one meaning of which is: - Our face is towards Thee in all our ways; Thy face is towards us in all our intentions. Something similar, though not the same…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Hide not thy face far from me - Compare the notes at Psalm 4:6. To “hide the face” is to turn it away with displeasure, as if we would not look on one who has offended us. The favor of God is often expressed by “lifting the light of his countenance” upon anyone - looking complacently or “pleasedly” upon him. The reverse of this is expressed by hiding the face, or by turning it away. The word “far” introduced by the translators does not aid the sense 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. 99. Hide not, &c.--(Psa 4:6; 22:24). Against rejection he pleads former mercy and love.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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