Psalms 27:9
Hide not thy face from me. Put not thy servant away in anger. Thou have been my help. Cast me not off, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8My heart said to thee, I have sought thy face. O LORD, I will seek thy face.
10When my father and my mother forsake me, then LORD will take me up.
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, LORD has helped us to now.
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, O LORD. O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
Psalms 69:18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
Psalms 71:17O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 27:8-14
Confidence in Divine Goodness. 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… Read the whole commentary →