Psalms 27:9
Hide not your face from me, reject not your servant in anger: for you have been my help. Abandon me not, nor forsake me, O God of my help:
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8My heart has said to you, “Your face, O Lord, I seek.”
10for father and mother have left me; but the Lord will take me up.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Psalms 38:21Do not forsake me, O Lord; my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 51:11Cast me not forth from your presence, withdraw not your holy spirit.
Psalms 69:18Draw near to me, redeem me; because of my enemies, ransom me.
Psalms 71:17You have taught me, O God, from my youth, and till now have I told of your wonders.
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 →