Psalms 27:9
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.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
10Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
Psalms 13:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 38:21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Psalms 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
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 →