KJV King James Version
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.
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Psalm 27:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
WEB World English Bible
Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
ASV American Standard Version
Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Surrounding context — Psalm 27
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
9 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.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אַל־H408 · alnotתַּסְתֵּ֬רH5641 · sa.tarto hideפָּנֶ֨יךָ׀H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמִמֶּנִּי֮H4480 · minfromאַֽל־H408 · alnotתַּט־H5186 · na.tahto stretchבְּאַ֗ףH639 · aphface: angerעַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveעֶזְרָתִ֥יH5833 · ez.rahhelpהָיִ֑יתָH1961 · ha.yahto beאַֽל־H408 · alnotתִּטְּשֵׁ֥נִיH5203 · na.tashto leaveוְאַל־H408 · alnotתַּֽ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִיH5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeאֱלֹהֵ֥יH430 · e.lo.himGodיִשְׁעִֽי׃H3468 · ye.sahsalvation
Cross-references
Psalm 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.Psalm 143:7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.Psalm 102:2Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.Isaiah 46:3-4Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne [by me] from the belly, which are carried from the womb:2 Timothy 4:17-18Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.Hebrews 13:5[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.Psalm 38:21-22Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.Psalm 24:5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.Jeremiah 32:40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.Psalm 71:17-18O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.2 Corinthians 1:9-10But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.Psalm 88:1A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:Psalm 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?Psalm 71:5-6For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.Psalm 51:11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.Psalm 119:121AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.Psalm 13:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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